Player insists he made right choice leaving Rangers, claims other clubs wanted him

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The Rangers owned midfielder, Jordan Rossiter, was allowed to leave Ibrox by Steven Gerrard in the summer transfer window.

Jordan Rossiter has told the official Fleetwood Town website that he made the right choice joining them from Rangers.

The Liverpool native returned to Lancashire on a season-long loan deal, having failed to break into Steven Gerrard’s plans at Ibrox.

And with his contract due to expire in June 2020, it is likely that Rossiter has played his final game for Rangers – who paid a reported fee of around £250,000 to sign him at the end of his Liverpool contract three years ago.

Discussing his switch to Highbury, where his manager is his former Ibrox teammate Joey Barton, Rossiter said: “Over the summer, I knew that I was not in the plans at Rangers. I know the gaffer here from his time in Glasgow and although a few other clubs were interested in signing me I know that I’ve made the right choice.

“It’s one of the best changing rooms I’ve been in and I’m loving my football! I’m learning a lot from the manager but also Paul Coutts. He’s had promotions and experience at Championship level. He’s quality and that can only help me.”

Rossiter’s Rangers career has been beset by injury, but the 22-year-old revealed that he is indebted to the Gers’ medical staff for getting him back to full health.

“You don’t realise how big Rangers is until you get there,” he added. “You get quite taken aback by it at first. I was getting noticed just walking along the street. I lived only down the road from Matt Gilks so we travelled in together. Unfortunately, I never played in an Old Firm game but spent one on the bench and it was a totally different atmosphere to anything I’d experienced before.

“I will always be grateful to the physio team at the club. They got to the root of my injuries and sent me for treatment at St George’s Park for a lower back issue. That was a big help and I got back.”

Even if Rossiter excels at Fleetwood, the high volume of central midfielders currently on Rangers’ books could scupper any chance of him extending his stay in Glasgow.

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