When Steven Gerrard began his Rangers revolution there was an obvious need to improve the squad in almost every position, however, anyone can identify a good player, picking one that can carry the burden is an altogether different matter.
We only need to look at Martyn Waghorn’s comments not that long ago about the constant pressure involved with pulling on the Light Blue shirt, that someone who had scored so many goals for us ended up a shell of a player when things weren’t going well tells it’s own story.
A Rangers player has to have character, an intangible quality that is harder to assess in analysis but in Fashion Sakala we have found a player who will be determined to be a success at Ibrox, getting a player valued at over £2.25million and with his performances this season is quite a coup.
You can’t help but be in awe of his story, as told to the BBC via Kennedy Gondwe, from hunting for food at the age of nine, to an eight hour cycle ride before his first trial match – during which he scored eight goals – and now turning down top sides in England and France to sign for Rangers thanks to the efforts of our manager.
Sakala not only has technical ability, his highlight reel is full of stunning goals with either foot from in and around the box and 16 goals in 33 league games for Oostende is a great return for a player who isn’t an out and out striker, but he has exactly what is needed to cope with the demands of life in Glasgow – when your own hard work and effort has a direct impact on your very survival, he should have nothing to worry about with 50,000 of his own backing him up every other Saturday.