Leon Balogun to Rangers transfer is 'desperate' as Michael Beale warned stop-gap return piles on the nerves
dailyrecord.co.ukLeon Balogun's return to Rangers has been branded as "desperate" by former Ibrox man Richard Foster.The big Nigerian defender made his return to Glasgow for a second spell, with Rangers announcing him at the end of a club social media video. Record Sport exclusively told of Michael Beale's plan to bring the 35-year-old back from his old club Queens Park Rangers with injuries coming thick and fast in pre-season to defenders Dujon Sterling and Leon King.
The latter expects to be out for a "significant amount of time" while the timeline for the recently-arrived former Chelsea man seems more positive.Yet Balogun signed a one-year deal to re-join the club after he was let go under Gio van Bronckhorst before the London boss' arrival.
The popular figure inside the dressing room admitted it was a no brainer to make the swift return to Glasgow, but Foster isn't convinced the Light Blues have done smart business.
He reckons the defender has a "nervousness" that could unsettle Beale's defence.He told BBC Sportsound: "I'm going to upset a lot of people here, I find myself doing that no matter what I say but I think it's a bit desperate from them.
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