A selection of Rangers fans have turned to social media to rave over news that Jamie Barjonas has left the club for a temporary spell at English side Bury.
The Rangers Youth Academy official Twitter account confirmed that the 19-year-old had secured a move away to join the League Two side on a short term deal, keeping him south of the border until January.
? #RangersFC can today confirm that Jamie Barjonas (@jbarjonas_) has joined English League Two side @buryfcofficial on loan until January.
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— Rangers B & Academy (@RFC_Youth) August 15, 2018
Having featured fleetingly for the first team at Ibrox, many of the supporters were delighted to see him secure a move in a bid to earn himself some more senior game time, with them feeling as though Bury would be a good fit and it would help his develop significantly.
This is Futbol has rounded up a selection of the supporters’ tweets:
That’s a great move. Can definitely do a job with a bit more experience.
— Steven King (@StevenK86) August 15, 2018
Wishing you good luck at Bury and come back better to Rangers.????
— Elsie McCready (@ElsieMcCready4) August 15, 2018
Great move for all. Looking forward to him coming back even better than before!
— Al F (@MarkoftheRennie) August 15, 2018
https://twitter.com/WWright_Way/status/1029719788300455936
Good move if he gets game time. Better option rather than scottish lower leagues imo.
— Craig (@CLiddell92) August 15, 2018
https://twitter.com/_Jacklab1968/status/1029717342182363136
Good move for him
— Derrick (@dmcm24286) August 15, 2018
Opinion
Well it appears as though Rangers fans are firmly behind the exit of Barjonas and it is indeed a move which makes a lot of sense. He needs the game time and with Steven Gerrard having brought in so many new signings to battle it out in the first team, the youngster’s chances would likely be few and far between. However, Bury seems a strange choice, not least because it highlights the gap between the Scottish Premiership and the English divisions. This is a young talent who has turned out for the senior side at Ibrox, but they are only deeming him good enough for the fourth tier of English football. Where does that rank some of the first teamers at the club – League One perhaps, or the very bottom of the Championship? The game time will do him some good but really, at 19, he and the club should be aiming higher for his aspirations. The short term deal will give the Gers the chance to judge whether they have made a mistake, because on paper, it looks as though that might be the case.