The last of the Rangers loanees is on his way back to Ibrox.
Serge Atakayi confirmed the end of his stint with Veikkausliiga side SJK Seinajoki on Tuesday, via his Instagram account.
The 20-year-old thanked SJK’s players, staff and fans for supporting him through his few months in Finland.
It’s clear he hasn’t forgotten the overall goal, though. The move was to give exciting attacker first-team football, ahead of a push for the Rangers first team during 2019/20. Accordingly, he ended the post with ‘back in blue’ followed by a blue heart.
This was a short but productive loan spell for Atakayi.
He only joined up SJK on 4 April but got straight down to business, appearing in league action just two days later in a win over Helsinki IFK.
Overall, he mustered 10 appearances, starting in all but one of those matches.
He also produced some telling contributions, including an assist in a 1-0 win over Kokkolan PV and a goal in last month’s 2-2 draw away at Alfredo Morelos’ former club, HJK Helsinki [Transfermarkt].
Looking ahead to next season, the young winger will be hoping to build on a solitary first-team league appearance.
Steven Gerrard handed Atakayi an SPL debut at home to Motherwell in February, but with no further opportunities forthcoming, it was deemed best to send him out to gain experience elsewhere.
