Rangers announced on Saturday night that academy prospect Dapo Mebude has signed a new three year deal at the club, keeping him at Ibrox until 2021.
The 17-year-old is considered to be one of the most exciting talents currently coming through the Rangers youth sides, also capped at U17, U18 and U19 levels with the Scotland national team.
He’s caught the eye in recent months for his development performances and fans are absolutely delighted to see him sign up.
The player himself also took to Twitter to share his delight after the news broke.
happy with my new deal with @RangersFC , glad to finally get it done 😁😁 pic.twitter.com/agjEOhyh2p
— Dapo Mebude (@DMebude) December 15, 2018
The hope for the player now will be making the kind of progress that puts him on Steven Gerrard’s first-team radar.
The manager hasn’t been shy in giving players such as Glenn Middleton senior action, with other young players like Andy Dallas also featuring on the first-team bench of late.
Supporters are eager to see what he can achieve in a Rangers shirt and shared their excitement with the news this weekend on social media…
Brilliant wee man! Next stop the first team hopefully ????
— North Country Boy (@aw_whit_man) December 15, 2018
???????? Fantastic news Dapo. Looking forward to seeing your Rangers career progress! ????⚪️????
— Michael (@MichaelSeafarer) December 15, 2018
Superb and well done. Kick on and get yourself in contention for the first team ????????
— Cheryl (@gers_chezza) December 15, 2018
Excellent Dapo so glad to hear it. Hopefully see you get some 1st team action soon ????⚪????
— Debz Lawson (@LawDebz) December 15, 2018
Brilliant!! Let’s see it in front of 50,000. That’s where it’s at. Let’s see the magic! ????⚪️???? #congratulations
— Skinbag (@SK1N1873) December 15, 2018
Brilliant news….bright and successful future for you lad well done ????⚪️????
— Mark R ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? (@markyboy1903) December 15, 2018
Well done pal, real talent you’ve got????????????
— Chris Brown (@ChrissBrown72) December 16, 2018
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