Aaron Nemane has revealed he could not reject the chance to join Rangers on loan from Manchester City.
The Premier League attacker signed for the Glasgow giants at the end of August on a half-season deal that runs until the January window.
Nemane, 20, has struggled to make an impact at Rangers, with his two first-team appearances to date amounting to just 10 minutes.
The right-winger is keen to make the most of his stay north of the border and demonstrate the calibre that made him a stand-out player at the City academy.
He told the official Rangers website: “I spoke to my agent, I spoke to the people at City and then the people at Rangers who made it clear they wanted me, and you can’t say no to Rangers.
“I want to get some first-team experience as I’ve not had that at City. I’m a very direct player who likes to get on the ball, make chances, get assists and score goals.
“The training sessions are completely different to what they are like at City, as here I am training with senior professionals, and it is much faster and you have to be more clever.
“The physical aspect here too is more demanding than it was at City. It is always good to learn from experienced players and to learn from them and get some stuff from them in terms of the way they play.”
OPINION
Nemane’s arrival at Ibrox was widely hailed as proof of the influence of recently-appointed director of football Mark Allen, who quit running the City academy to take up his recruitment post at Rangers. But Pedro Caixinha’s virtual ignorance of Nemane suggests that he does not share Allen’s high opinion of the young winger. He has been given two brief substitute appearances to date, following up his six minutes in the Old Firm defeat with demotion to the youth team last weekend. Nemane was axed from the senior squad that beat Hamilton 4-1 and instead faced the Brentford youth team alongside fellow discard Kenny Miller. It appears that his loan spell might not be as prominent as he had hoped.