The 20-year-old was in the picture at Ibrox side Glasgow Rangers earlier this season.
Jamie Barjonas has revealed the excitement that he first felt when Rangers boss Steven Gerrard called him into the senior set-up.
The midfielder, now 20, has been on the Gers’ books since he was only eight years of age.
Barjonas was training with the senior Rangers lads during the summer and Gerrard took him to Gibraltar for the Europa League tie with St Joseph’s in July, though he didn’t play.
Still, it represented a major bit of progress for the young Auchenhowie talent and here’s what he told Rangers’ website about the moment he discovered his promotion.
He said: “I looked at my phone and I had a Whats App from Steven Gerrard and I thought this can’t be real; it said “Did you get your locker sorted in the dressing room?
“I said no, not yet to him so he asked me to meet him in his office in five minutes. I went up and he took me into the dressing room and said this is your new locker; you will get you initials on your jersey now too. I was buzzing, as a Rangers fan and having been here for 12 years, it was massive for me.”
Barjonas hasn’t kicked a ball under Gerrard in any competition yet this season.
But the young Scot is clearly in his manager’s plans after he signed a new contract until 2021 earlier this afternoon.
The Rangers manager is obviously a fan and now Barjonas – who has Premiership experience under his belt – just has to remind him why.
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