The 22-year-old is the 10th player that Ibrox side Glasgow Rangers have signed this summer.
Brandon Barker has revealed to The Scottish Sun that Raheem Sterling advised him to join Rangers this summer.
Barker became the Gers’ 10th signing of the summer this week after Steven Gerrard snapped him up on a three-year contract.
The 22-year-old began his career with Manchester City but first-team chances under Pep Guardiola were unlikely this season.
A number of Championship clubs were interested in the English winger, but Barker claims that Sterling, valued at £191 million [MEN], suggested that he join Rangers instead.
He told The Scottish Sun: “Raheem told me to go for it, definitely. It was my time to move on now and I think all the boys knew that. It was sad because I’d been there 16 years and I grew up at City from being a little baby.
“But I needed a new home. I had needed one for the last two seasons. Now I have got that opportunity here and I’m just buzzing again.
“I learned an awful lot from Raheem, watching him grow from when he first came to what he’s doing now.”
Barker is predominantly a left-winger, and the bad news about his signing is that it effectively means that Ryan Kent won’t be returning to Rangers.
Gerrard had already been told on several occasions that Liverpool wouldn’t be loaning him to Ibrox for a second year in succession, but once Leeds, who had also been linked, were unable to get a deal done it kept light Blues’ hopes alive, but Barker’s arrival indicates that it’s dead in the water.
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