Ben Godfrey ya kammala aro zuwa Rangers daga Atalanta, inda kulob din Scotland ke da zaɓin sa hannu na dindindin da shi kaka mai zuwa.

Dan wasa dan shekara 28 ya iso Ibrox da niyyar nuna ingantaccen wasansa, yana kiran wannan canjin aiki a matsayin "babban daraja". "Ina farin ciki sosai, na yi murna da kasancewana nan," in ji Godfrey. "Na san girman wannan kulob din. Ina jiran haduwa da 'yan wasana kuma ina fatan taimaka wa kulob din nan ya samu abin da ya cancanta, wato tasa da lokuta masu ban sha'awa."

Tarihi mai kyau, amma lokaci ƙalilan a kwanan nan

Godfrey ya gina shahararsa a Norwich City kafin a sayar da shi zuwa Everton a shekarar 2020 a kuɗin da aka ruwaito sun kai £20 miliyam. Yana iya buga wasa a matsayin mai tsaron gida ko mai tsaron gefen filin, kuma ya samu kiran gasar ƙasar Ingila sau biyu a wannan lokaci.

Sai dai canjinsa zuwa Atalanta a shekarar 2024 bai ba shi lokaci mai yawa na wasa ba — yana da wasanni biyar kawai a Serie A. Aron zuwa Rangers shine na huɗu a cikin shekaru biyu, bayan zama a Ipswich Town, Sheffield United, da Brondby. A kulob din Denmark a kakar da ta gabata, ya buga wasanni 12 yayin da tawagar ta kammala a matsayi na huɗu a gasar.

McInnes yana da kwarin gwiwa a sabon ɗan wasa

Manajan Rangers Derek McInnes ya bayyana kwarin gwiwansa ga sabon ɗan wasansa, yana mai ambaton tarihin Godfrey a matsayin muhimmin abin da ya jawo wannan shawarar. "Ya yi gogayya a matakin da ya fi girma a duk tsawon aikinsa," in ji McInnes. "Ya buga a Premier League, ya taka leda da Ingila, kuma yana kawo gogewa mai yawa."

McInnes ya ƙara da cewa halaye na jiki na Godfrey suna sa shi zama ƙarin ƙarfi ga tawagar: "Ɗan tsaro ne mai ƙarfi da ƙwazo, yana da kyawawan halaye da ball da ba tare da ball ba, kuma muna ganin zai iya ƙara wa tawagar da yawa."

Da Rangers suna neman taken gasar Scotland, Godfrey zai yi ƙoƙari ya dawo ga mafi kyawun wasansa don ya rama amincewar da McInnes da kulob din Ibrox suka nuna masa.