Ryan Hardie has officially signed for Blackpool.
The 22-year-old ends a near decade long association with Rangers to join the Seasiders on an initial two-year deal.
As of yet, the fee involved in the transfer remains undisclosed.
“It’s exciting times and I’m looking forward to hopefully pushing the club up the table and seeing how far we can go,” Hardie told Blackpool’s website. “It’s a new challenge coming down here and it’s obviously going to be different playing conditions, a different way to play and a different style of play. I’m looking forward to challenging myself and seeing how I deal with it.”
The 6ft 2” centre-forward turned out 13 times for the Gers first team in the league, scoring twice [Soccerbase]. However, he hadn’t made an appearance since December 2017, spending the last season and a half on loan at Livingston.
When he was banging in goals last December,
In Blackpool, he joins a club who finished tenth in the English third tier last season. They have designs on returning to former glories though, and clearly see Hardie as a potential spearhead for their attack.
The signing seems to have gone down extremely well with the League One club’s supporters. Some of whom, believe promotion to the Championship is now on the cards.
Here’s a selection of reactions from Twitter:
https://twitter.com/siguesiguemarko/status/1151462625844387840
https://twitter.com/EveOrEvie/status/1151462694572240896
https://twitter.com/TomBfcTaylor7/status/1151463590660050946
https://twitter.com/joe_russ/status/1151462641128419334
https://twitter.com/Ryan_Be1l/status/1151476343605010432
Receive a digest of our best Rangers content each week direct to your mailbox
