LEON BALOGUN’S Rangers debut “could hardly have gone any better” for him with the Light Blues running out 1-0 winners at Pittodrie this afternoon.
Gers were dominant throughout and kept a clean sheet to ensure Ryan Kent’s first-half goal means the three points are going down the A90 tonight.
Speaking to RangersTV, Balogun said: “We are happy with the win. Obviously, it was my first game and my welcome to Scottish football and it could hardly have gone any better – and I think any harder as well!
“I have had similar games before in the Bundesliga, the Premier League and also the Championship – it was very direct but you just have to adapt.
“The lads did a great job in helping me to adjust through the whole week I have trained and it has been fun.
“The second half was maybe not exactly what we wanted the game to be and to look like, but we are happy with the win and the clean sheet as well.”
Balogun’s super performance was in doubt of continuing at one point as he collided with the post, but he was fine to continue and said: “I took some tablets to keep the headache down but I carried on. I don’t think I suffered any major concussion or anything which is the most important thing.
“I got a few headers in after that as well so there is no need to worry.”
He also paid tribute to James Tavernier, Connor Goldson, and Borna Barisic for the way they talked him through his debut, and continued: “It has been great. They helped me throughout the week as well – they took me to the side and I have adapted quite quickly.
“Obviously, my experience helps a little bit, but he [Goldson] is a great talker on the pitch. He told me before the match if he was too loud, it was just to help me, and I welcome that because I need some time to get used to the mechanisms.”
Balogun also thanked the Rangers fans for the way they have welcomed him to the club, and added: “It has been big! When I signed on Friday, everything was a bit hectic so I had to go back to Manchester to get some stuff.
“But it has been amazing – I slowly start to get an idea of how big the fan culture is. As I said in my first interview, I heard a lot about it, but I think there is nothing like having them with you and behind you and everybody is looking forward to getting them back into the stadium.”
