chilledbear 16 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 @STVPaul: Josh Windass & Matt Crooks have signed pre-contract agreements with Rangers after passing medicals. 4 year deals. Will join in the summer. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno55 0 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 @STVPaul: Josh Windass & Matt Crooks have signed pre-contract agreements with Rangers after passing medicals. 4 year deals. Will join in the summer. They must have been impressed with our rangers legend kal naismith when he was at Accrington last season, CB... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forlanssister 3,050 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 They must have been impressed with our rangers legend kal naismith when he was at Accrington last season, CB... FIGHTING for a place in the Rangers team won’t faze Matt Crooks. After all, the Accrington midfielder has already faced a far bigger battle. Crooks was diagnosed with epilepsy in 2014 after being struck down by a seizure. The defensive midfielder, who is due to have a medical in Glasgow this afternoon, can recall nothing of the day his world was turned upside down. Crooks feared epilepsy would spell the end of his career. And at just 20 years of age. But he fought back, left Huddersfield for Accrington and found support from a former Rangers player. In an interview with the Lancashire Telegraph Crooks picks up the story. He said: “I didn’t really know anything about it (epilepsy) until I came here and ended up living with Kal Naismith. “We became good friends anyway but we had good chats about it and he made me understand it more because of his situation.” Naismith’s long-term girlfriend Ashley Dickson died in October as a result of a fit. Crooks added: “I’ve only known Kal for six months or so but he’s become one of my closest friends. “It’s helped both of us in a way to talk about it. The only thing I thought could have caused my fit was flashing lights at the cinema and things like that. “But apparently there are loads of different types. “It’s something that has been there all my life but nothing had ever happened until then. But the doctor said 18-21 was normally when it starts, and that was the case with me. “They said tiredness and stress caused me to fit. “Everyone laughed because I never seem to be stressed out.” Crooks revealed he takes his dad David - a three-time deaflympian for the Great Britain football team – is his inspiration. He said: “Possibly it’s the way I’ve been brought up. “I’ve never really thought about it before but maybe the way he’s brought me up has been to not fuss or worry about stuff and just get on with it. “Although my dad could be classed as having a disability I don’t see it like that. “The way he’s gone about his life, he’s played in three Deaflympics, travelled the world and won gold. “Maybe in a way that’s been an influence on me.” http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-transfer-news/rangers-target-matt-crooks-opens-7126857 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinstein 294 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 so they're not coming right away then ? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno55 0 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 so they're not coming right away then ? No......CS... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilledbear 16 Posted January 6, 2016 Author Share Posted January 6, 2016 @windass101: Long day but finally put pen to paper with @RangersFC and signed until 2020 .. Huge club with ambitions of European football . Can't wait ⚽️ 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forlanssister 3,050 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 RANGERS can confirm today the Club has signed agreements with Josh Windass and Matt Crooks. The players who are currently with Accrington Stanley, will join the Club in the summer of 2016 on four year contracts. Attacker Windass, son of former Aberdeen striker Dean, has played twenty-five times for Accrington this season scoring eleven goals. Crooks is a defensive midfielder who can also play in defence. He has played twenty-four times this season and has scored seven times. http://rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/windass-crooks-sign-agreements/ 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilledbear 16 Posted January 6, 2016 Author Share Posted January 6, 2016 so they're not coming right away then ? Never can tell. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilledbear 16 Posted January 6, 2016 Author Share Posted January 6, 2016 RANGERS can confirm today the Club has signed agreements with Josh Windass and Matt Crooks. The players who are currently with Accrington Stanley, will join the Club in the summer of 2016 on four year contracts. Attacker Windass, son of former Aberdeen striker Dean, has played twenty-five times for Accrington this season scoring eleven goals. Crooks is a defensive midfielder who can also play in defence. He has played twenty-four times this season and has scored seven times. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilledbear 16 Posted January 6, 2016 Author Share Posted January 6, 2016 @mdrcrooks: what a difference a year makes..absolutely buzzing to sign for such a massive, ambitious club @RangersFC. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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