Rangers sun kammala sayan kiper Ivor Pandur, wanda yake a cikin tawagar Croatia, daga Hull City da kudin da ba a bayyana ba, suna kawo sabon kipa don maye gurbin wanda yake a yanzu a Ibrox.

Pandur, mai shekara 26, ya sanya hannu kan kwantiragin shekaru hudu a Ibrox, yana zuwa kai tsaye bayan ya buga wa Croatia a Kofin Duniya. Ya yi wasanni 48 da Hull a kakar da ta gabata — yana kare raga a wasanni 14, ya yi ceto 150 da kashi 69.8% na ceto — yayin da tawagar Sergej Jakirovic ta kammala a matsayi na shida a Championship kafin ta kai Premier League ta hanyar play-offs.

Kiper da sunan kare raga

Pandur ya fara aikinsa a kulob din Croatia Rijeka, yana yin fitowar sa ta farko ta ƙwararru yana da shekara 19. Wannan ya samu shi canja wuri zuwa Serie A da Hellas Verona, inda ya hana bugun daga kai tsaye biyu a fitowarsa ta farko a wasan Coppa Italia da Venezia. Ya yi wasanni 11 tare da Verona kafin ya koma aro — wanda daga baya ya zama na dindindin — zuwa Fortuna Sittard a Netherlands a shekara 2022.

Watanni shida kacal bayan ya sanya hannu kan kwantiragin shekaru hudu a gasar Netherlands, an sayar da Pandur zuwa Hull City a watan Janairu 2024. Ya ɗauki watanni takwas kafin ya samu matsayin kiper na farko, amma bayan ya samu, ya zama mahimmin ɓangare na tawagar. Ya buga wasanni 45 daga cikin 46 na Hull a Championship a kakar da ta gabata, ya zama kiper na huɗu a tarihi da ya kare raga a dukan wasannin semi-final biyu na play-offs da karshe.

Ƙarfinsa yana cikin kare bugun ƙafa, kodayake an lura cewa bai da ƙwarewa sosai wajen wasa da ƙwallon a ƙafafunsa — buƙata ta zamani da zai iya jawo kulawa a Ibrox.

Butland yana tafiya zuwa Hull

Ana sa ran zuwan Pandur zai haifar da ficewa na kiper na yanzu Jack Butland, wanda rahotanni suna cewa yana kan hanyarsa zuwa Hull City. Butland, mai shekara 33, ya shiga Rangers daga Crystal Palace a watan Oktoba 2023 kuma ya yi wasanni 157 na kulob ɗin. Tsohon ɗan wasan Ingila, wanda ya buga karo na ƙarshe daga cikin tara a shekara 2018, ya samu kyakkyawan kididdiga a kakar da ta gabata — wasanni 12 ba brama a wasanni 38, kashi 70.7% na ceto, ceto 104, da ceto bugun daga kai tsaye 4 idan aka kwatanta da Pandur na biyu.

Da tsammanin ficewa na Butland, Pandur zai yi gogayya da Liam Kelly — wanda shi ma ya kasance cikin tawagar Scotland a Kofin Duniya — don matsayin kiper na farko a Ibrox.

Rangers sun samu damar siyan Pandur a wani ɓangare saboda Hull City yana ƙarƙashin matsin lamba don sayar da wasu 'yan wasan don magance giɓin fam miliyan 6 na Dokar Ribar Kudi da Dorewar Kulob (PSR) da kuma guje wa yanke maki mai yiwuwa.