The Rangers faithful have been left raving with delight after former striker Peter Lovenkrands revealed he had agreed a deal to become a full time member of staff at Ibrox.
The Dane, who spent six years at Ibrox after signing back in 2000, confirmed via his personal Twitter account that he would be stepping up from his old role as a part-time figure of the backroom team to become a permanent fixture with the reserve side.
Very happy to have signed a full time contract at @RangersFC @RFC_Youth as coach for the Reserve team, really looking forward to getting started ??? pic.twitter.com/zVLwAxmVH0
— Peter Lovenkrands (@lovenkrands11) June 13, 2018
A firm favourite among those at Ibrox, Lovenkrands spent time over in Germany with Schalke after leaving the Light Blues, before returning to Britain with spells at Newcastle United, where he is also well regarded, and Birmingham City.
After leaving the Blues he retired as a player, and following some time out of the game was appointed a part time staff member with the club’s academy back in May 2017.
With a year of experience under his belt, he is now stepping up in terms of both responsibility as well as the squad he will be working with under new manager Steven Gerrard, and the supporters are over the moon to see their former star commit his long term future to a senior role.
Here are a selection of the Rangers fans’ responses on Twitter:
Congratulations Peter. It must be a very exciting time to be at Rangers. Let's go!
— West Mids Loyal (@WestMidsLoyal) June 13, 2018
Great news – you were the ultimate professional as a player , you will be a great influence as youth coach??
— Gaz (@Gazcalder) June 13, 2018
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https://twitter.com/Chr1sMcLaughlin/status/1006882994613817344
best signing yet?
— Kyle Brown (@kyle_brxwn) June 13, 2018
Congrats mate. Sure you will do a fantastic job ????
— Scott Smith (@1972thebigman) June 13, 2018
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