Rangers fans were delighted to see deadline day signing Bongani Zungu being officially unveiled as a Gers player following his loan move from Ligue 2 Amiens.
The South African international midfielder faced a long wait to join up with his teammates with current self-isolating measures in place for people coming to the UK from France.
But after coming across very well in being unveiled to the press, there are some comments which some bluenoses are sceptical about.
When asked if he’d heard of Rangers in the past, Bongani uttered the immortal words of being told of the famous jersey by his old man.
“It means a lot to me to play for such a huge club, a club with a rich history,” said Zungu [Glasgow Times].
“When I was a young boy growing up in South Africa my dad used to speak of Rangers. To be here today, I feel very proud and happy.
“My father was a huge football fan and he supported Man Utd when we were young. He really knew about football and he used to mention Rangers as one of the clubs that were winning trophies.
“Of course, today I am here and I am sure he is very proud of me. I will carry on making him proud and making myself proud. Hopefully I will get to win trophies here.”
There’s every chance Zungu’s father did tell him about Rangers – after all there’s not a football fan out there who doesn’t know of teams all over the world.
Most of them considerably smaller than the Ibrox club.
But it’s a classic answer – such as that of ex-Celtic star Victor Wanyama who described his Celtic move as a “dream” – and some members the Rangers support have been sarcastically reacting to it on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/EmpireFF/status/1321429372335771650
https://twitter.com/kirsten93_/status/1321433094369529856
https://twitter.com/AlexMcL_18/status/1321443294811955207
https://twitter.com/ARKIDDDDD/status/1321447190347304960
https://twitter.com/MarxistRangers/status/1321448975535362049
Given Zungu was born in 1992 and Rangers were one of the biggest clubs in Europe during the 90s, there’s no reason not to believe his dad tell him about the Famous Teddy Bears.
More importantly, Rangers and South African fans were absolutely delighted to see the player join his teammates in Glasgow yesterday.
