Ranger Loses a key player to the transfer window
But it’s not just on the pitch that Jermain Defoe left a legacy at Ibrox, with the former Rangers striker also having a big impact on the players coming through at academy level.
Now, one youngster Defoe once branded his ‘little bro’ insists he’s got his eye on a return to Rangers after signing a deal in the Scottish Championship.Jermain Defoe’s time at Rangers might’ve been brief but the legendary former Premier League striker leaves a sizeable legacy.
Rangers fans will forever have a positive impression of Defoe, who lifted his one and only league championship in the famous Royal Blue.But it’s Rangers the youngster has his eye on, with Mebude insisting he has unfinished business at Ibrox and that one day he sincerely hopes to return.
“I’m just looking forward to the future,” Mebude told the Daily Record. “I want to repay the faith Dunfermline has put in me.
“I owe the manager a lot. He and his coaching staff spoke to me a lot. What they’ve done for me at the club is really nice on a personal level.
“I feel really privileged and blessed to be able to play football a
gain.But with chances limited at Ibrox, the young striker took the plunge with a move to Watford in 2021 and since then Dapo’s career has been laden with pitfalls.
With injury devastating the now 23-year-old’s start to life in England, a move to Belgium looked to restart his career before Mebude barely survived a terrifying car crash last year.
Now rebuilding once again, Dapo Mebude has signed a deal with Dunfermline in the Scottish Championship.Jermain Defoe’s ‘little bro’ explains Ibrox exit
It’s not the first time Dapo Mebude has said he wants to return to Rangers.
It might lead some to asking why the young striker ever moved on from Ibrox, with Dapo in and around the first-team before his exit in 2021.
An understudy of Jermain Defoe at Ibrox, the legendary England forward predicted that he’d be watching his ‘little bro’ scoring goals long after he’d retired from playing.
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