ian1964 10,761 Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 GOAL machine Nicky Clark today revealed he is set to sign a three-year deal with boyhood heroes Rangers next week. The 21-year-old, voted PFA Division Two player of the year after scoring 41 goals in all competitions for Queen of the South, has reached a verbal agreement with Ally McCoist on his dream move to Ibrox. And Clark, son of former Gers star Sandy, believes he can better this term's record strike tally. He said: "I have met Ally already and we talked over his plans and it's exciting to be in them. I am hoping to meet with him again at Ibrox next week and hopefully get the deal signed and realise my dream of becoming a Rangers player for the next few seasons. "It is something I have always dreamed of and to have met Ally in the first instance was just really flattering, but it was hard to take in that he wanted me to come to the club I have supported all my life. "I have had a great season at Queen of the South and, at 21, I never stopped hoping that maybe I had done enough to get on Ally's radar. "To have actually spoken to him and heard his plans was massive, but I it will only really sink in when I sign on the dotted line. "I may have scored over 40 goals for Queens this season, but I believe I could score even more for Rangers with the quality of the players they have in the side. "My ambition is to play in the SPL and to do it with Rangers one day would be as good as it gets." Clark will be following in the footsteps of dad Sandy, who scored 21 goals in 62 appearances for Gers between 1983/84 and the young striker admits that makes his move to Ibrox even more emotional. He said: "I wasn't around when my dad played for Rangers and seeing him play for them in his prime is something I would have loved. "But if everything goes through, and hopefully I do get the chance to pull on the jersey, I would like to think it will be a special moment for him." A move to Ibrox will see the prolific striker once more tread the boards in the Scottish Second Division, but Clark doesn't care about the prospect of marking time as long as it is in the red, white and blue. He said: "It is a bit of a funny one, in that I have won the Second Division championship as a Queen of the South player and scored an awful lot of goals in the process, and yet I will be staying in the league. "But none of that matters when you are talking about becoming a Rangers player." http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/ranger...4605n.21100115 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,761 Posted May 17, 2013 Author Share Posted May 17, 2013 Scottish football's top scorer this season is set to pen a long-term deal with the Glasgow giants next week, and has revealed the secret ambition he hopes his impending move to Govan will help him fulfil. For boyhood Rangers fan Clark has never been to an Old Firm game and, although Gers will be operating in the Second Division next season, he has fingers crossed that Ally McCoist's men will cross swords with Celtic in cup competition. That would give the youngster a chance to follow in the footsteps of father Sandy and don Light Blue in the greatest derby of them all. Yet Clark admits that he will face a major battle to make a first-team jersey his own while he vies with the likes of Andy Little for one of the main striker slots at Ibrox next term. Looking forward to the moment he hopes to sign for Gers and follow in the footsteps of his goalscoring hero Michael Mols, the modest young striker revealed he has belief in the skills that made him PFA Second Division Player of the Year. However, he is hoping the chance to train at Murray Park will provide him with the ultimate strikers' finishing school, to eventually allow him to ply his trade in the SPL in the colours of his heroes. Clark said: "It is a funny thing that as a Rangers supporter I have never ever been to an Old Firm game. Although that is not news to me, when I spoke to Ally McCoist for the first time it was one thing that kept coming back at me. "I know that even when things hopefully are concluded, it will be real battle to make a starting place my own at Rangers. "Obviously Celtic are not going to be on the radar in terms of league football, but there is still the chance that Rangers could draw them in either of the two cups." He went on: "For me, the prospect of going to Rangers is a dream, but the chance to play in an Old Firm game would be the ultimate moment. "Like I say, a lot of things would need to fall into place for that to happen, but in football you've got to have dreams. "The biggest one for me is to play for Rangers, but if that happens then I would be like any other Rangers player and be desperate to take part in an Old Firm game." Clark is hoping to conclude a three-year deal with the Govan giants next week that will allow him to tread on the hallowed turf of Ibrox where his ultimate footballing hero, the great Dutchman Mols, plied his trade. Despite his success in the season just gone by that allowed him to finish the season as Scottish goalscorer supreme, Clark admits the hard work will only really begin when he turns up at Murray Park for pre-season. The 21-year-old said: "Michael Mols was my boyhood hero in a Rangers shirt. For me, he had it all in terms of speed, movement and his ability to finish. "I have worked hard to make sure I can finish with either foot and, although I like to get in behind defenders, I realise you have to keep working on your game to make sure it is as rounded as possible. "When I look at Andy Little and all the goals he has scored this season, and the fact that he and Dean Shiels are both full internationals with Northern Ireland, then I know how hard I will have to work to compete with these guys. "But hopefully all of that will make me a better player. For me, the most important thing in football is that you keep trying to get better – at Rangers I know I will have no option." The prospective Gers new boy has also spoken of his admiration for inspirational skipper Lee McCulloch and can't wait to share a dressing room with the Ibrox icon. Clark said: "Lee McCulloch is just a tremendous professional who has seen it all and done it all in the game both in Scotland and England. I have seen plenty of Rangers' games this season and he is a tremendous leader and he just drives Rangers on. "But the opportunity to train and hopefully play with a player like Lee, if everything goes to plan, is something that would improve any young player." 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 good news. god luck to they guy. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefanovitch 0 Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 I really hope this boy signs and gets off to a flying start next season. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,761 Posted May 17, 2013 Author Share Posted May 17, 2013 I really hope this boy signs and gets off to a flying start next season. The guy must be buzzing being a Rangers fan,living the dream,I just hope our fans remember he is still a young player and give him time to settle and develope his undoubted potential. Welcome to the best club in the world Nicky 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darthter 542 Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 He said: "It is a bit of a funny one, in that I have won the Second Division championship as a Queen of the South player and scored an awful lot of goals in the process, and yet I will be staying in the league. "But none of that matters when you are talking about becoming a Rangers player." That's the kind of attitude we want to see/hear......not a single mention about money or riches etc. They guy wants to be a Rangers player 1st & foremost. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTP 0 Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Lucky bastard. Jealous as fuck. But all the best wee man, welcome to the Greatest Club in the World (which you know already). 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annan Bear 0 Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Saying all the right things. Got a good feeling about this lad. Welcome to the most successful team in the world Nicky. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54andcounting 0 Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Hope we play to his strengths, or he'll end up benched 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 2,499 Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Hope we play to his strengths, or he'll end up benched Yes get the positive vibes going. We have him benched even before he has kicked a ball. Welcome to Rangers. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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