Rabbi Matondo

The 21-year-old looks set to become the fourth new face at Ibrox this summer and Record Sport takes a deep dive into the Welsh winger.

But for Matondo, it provided him with a field of dreams that eventually led him to the riches of the Etihad and then the Bundesliga. When he came he had an injury and it took a little bit of time to get over that. “They tried to keep me, but they respected that I knew I was doing what I thought was the right thing for my career. He arrived in the January transfer window and joining a club mid-season isn’t always the easiest. He did play there for Schalke. But he’s a good boy. That saw him swap the Premier League for the Bundesliga in a £10 million move. “Growing up there helped a lot in me becoming who I am today and the way I play. The main critique of the former Liverpool man is his lack of goals. Matondo played just 11 games for Stoke City, scoring one goal in a draw with Nottingham Forest, and it’s fair to say that loan spell away from Schalke didn’t quite go to play for the Welsh international. Not least the loan spell that came after Stoke City last season at Belgian side Cercle Brugge where he proved a huge success under Austrian Dominik Thalhammer and they wanted to trigger a buy-out clause but couldn’t agree terms with the player. French Ligue 1 sides Lorient and Troyes were both interested but Giovanni van Bronckhorst looks like getting the youngster for a fee of around £1.8 million. He’s good but can he do it on a cold, wet Wednesday night in Stoke? No, or any other night for that matter.