Pedro Caixinha spoke glowingly about Fabio Cardoso after the defender clinched his move to Ibrox.
Rangers manager Pedro Caixinha
Glasgow Rangers boss Pedro Caixinha has raved about the signing of Fabio Cardoso and believes he could go on to become an international star.
Cardoso signed from Vitoria Setubal and has signed a three-year deal at Ibrox, the club’s official website confirmed.
The 23-year-old has represented Portugal at under-20 level and Caixinha is backing Cardoso to go on and earn senior international recognition.
Fabio Cardoso
Caixinha told the club’s official website: “He is a player who everyone describes as having big potential to be one of the centre-halves of the future with the Portuguese national team.
“We believe in him and he can perform on the right or on the left which is good in a centre-half.
“Fabio is 23 so having an experienced player around like Bruno Alves is good, he is a player whose one main characteristic is leadership so Fabio will feel comfortable and grow and learn from him.”
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Portugal will be keeping an eye on Bruno Alves ahead of next year’s World Cup to see if he can have on final swansong, and this will give Cardoso a chance to catch the eye too.
At club level though there is plenty to achieve, starting with closing the gap on bitter rivals Celtic.
Rangers are also in the Europa League which will have been a key attraction in tempting Cardoso to the club, and a sustained run in the competition could lift the whole club.
General view of Ibrox – Rangers
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