Rangers midfielder Andy Halliday has left Ibrox to join Gabala in the Azerbaijan Premier League.
Halliday has left Scottish Premiership club Rangers for Gabala in the Azerbaijan Premier League for the 2017-18 campaign.
The 25-year-old midfielder moved to the Gers in the summer of 2015 after leaving Bradford City in England and has a contract with the Ibrox outfit until June 2020, according to Transfermarkt.co.uk.
Andy Halliday celebrates with Kenny Miller
The former Middlesbrough and Livingston man was an important player for Rangers during the 2015-16 campaign, which ended with them winning promotion from the Scottish Championship.
The Scotsman, though, failed to play well consistently for the Gers last season and could not impress manager Pedro Caixinha, who replaced Mark Warburton at Ibrox in March.
Rangers midfielder Halliday has revealed that he spoke to 25-year-old defender Hodson before making the decision to join Gabala.
Hodson, who has been at Rangers since the summer of 2016, played for the Northern Ireland national team against their Azerbaijan counterparts.
“I got plenty of information about the club before I signed from goalkeeper Graeme Smith, who played here and Rangers team mate Lee Hodson who played against Azerbaijan for Northern Ireland,” Halliday told The Daily Record. “They both told me it was a beautiful country.”
Kieran Tierney in action with Lee Hodson
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