Balogun Says His Future Lies With Rangers

  Balogun Says His Future Lies With Rangers By Sampson Adedeji Nigeria's Super Eagles defender, Leon Balogun, has made it clear that he wished to stay longer with the newly crowned Scottish Premier champions, Glasgow Rangers, BSNSports.com.ng reports. The Nigeria international joined the Gers last summer from the English premier league side Brighton Hove Albion after he ended his loan spell with Championship Club Wigan Athletic. Balogun played active role as Rangers won the league this season and their 55th title in total. “I was born in Berlin and if there were another opportunity for me at home or in Germany, it would be outstanding,” said Balogun [Sport1]. “But with the Rangers we are first looking at the Champions League, if we successfully qualify. Who wants to miss this? When I stop playing football, I will return to Germany. “If that happens before then, I don’t mind. But my near future lies with the Rangers. “That it happened [the title win] in my first year isn’t important. The cool thing about is that I’m part of a team that has tried in the past few years to stop the other side of town and polish up the Rangers logo. “It never worked and this season the big topic was to stop their “10 In A Row” which neither team has yet succeeded in doing. That’s what’s much bigger about history, especially in view of the recent past. Sure, for me it’s the first championship title in my career. But I have to let that sink in first. “The easiest thing was to dream about it. Putting it into practice was a different matter. It’s so incredibly good with Rangers. “It’s another milestone with which I have proven to myself, and also to critics, what I’m made of. There are other guys in my team who have seen so much crap and had to put up with so much malice from the other side of town. “The title has a much greater meaning for them. But it was a successful first year for me," he stated.