Rangers FC introduced at the moment on their official web site they’ve accomplished the signing of 25-year-old Swiss-Albanian winger Nedim Bajrami from Italian facet Sassuolo on everlasting switch.
Born on twenty eighth February 1999 in Zürich, Switzerland to ethnic Albanian dad and mom, Bajrami started his soccer profession in 2009 at Grasshoppers. He made 70 complete appearances for his or her youth groups at U18 and U21 ranges, scoring 27 objectives and creating 4 assists.
In 2017, he broke into the senior staff, and made 75 appearances over the following three seasons throughout all competitions, with six objectives and 6 assists.
On signing for the Mild Blues, Bajrami spoke completely to the membership’s web site:
“I’m delighted to be becoming a member of a membership the dimensions of Rangers.
“They’re a membership which is understood all through the world, who’ve gained a number of trophies and competed in a European last lately.
“I’ve had some good conversations with the supervisor and I consider Rangers is the fitting transfer for me at this level in my profession.
“I stay up for assembly all of my new team-mates and followers within the close to future.”
In August 2019, Bajrami joined Empoli, within the Italian Serie B, on mortgage with an option-to-buy which the membership exercised in September, 2020. In complete, Bajrami made 127 appearances for Empoli, scoring 22 objectives and creating 22 assists.
Supervisor Philippe Clement welcomed Bajrami to the membership, saying:
“I’m happy to welcome Nedim to the membership.
“He’s somebody we’ve got stored an in depth eye on for a time frame and we’re glad so as to add him to our squad.
“A lot of our supporters may have watched within the European Championships, in addition to enjoying in Serie A final season.
“Nedim is an effective age, however somebody who additionally has expertise of enjoying in large video games and we’re glad he has determined Rangers are the fitting membership for him at this level in his profession.”
Bajrami represented Switzerland at numerous age teams, from U15 to U21, and made 51 complete appearances. Nevertheless, he switched allegiances in March 2021, and opted to play for Albania, his nation of origin. He has since appeared in 26 matches for his nation, scoring 5 objectives and creating 4 assists.
Director of Recruitment Nils Koppen commented:
“We’re delighted to welcome Nedim to Rangers and Scottish soccer.
“He has a number of expertise having performed within the Swiss league and Serie A lately in addition to representing his nation on the Euros.
“He’ll additional improve the choices we’ve got accessible to the supervisor and we really feel he could be a success on the soccer membership.”
Bajrami moved to Sassuolo on mortgage with obligation-to-buy in January, 2023. He made 52 appearances in all competitions for the membership, with 4 objectives and 4 assists. He turns into Philippe Clement’s eleventh addition to the squad this summer season, following Mohamed Diomande, Jefté, Óscar Cortés, Clinton Nsiala, Connor Barron, Liam Kelly, Hamza Igamane, Václav Černy, Robin Pröpper, and fellow deadline day signing Neraysho Kasanwirjo.