# CYRIEL Dessers: A Physical Striker Who Will Easily Adapt to Scottish Football
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Rangers are interested in signing Cyriel Dessers, the Nigerian striker, this summer and if he joins the Ibrox club, it is claimed that he will have no difficulty adapting to Scottish football due to his physical playing style. The 28-year-old has previously played for Lokeren and Genk in Belgium and Utrecht, Heracles and Feyenoord in the Netherlands, and Cremonese in Italy.
Marco Negri, the former Rangers striker who has worked as a specialist forwards coach since retiring from playing, has been impressed by Dessers’ performances up front for the Lomardy outfit in the past 10 months. He can understand why his former club, whose manager Michael Beale is looking to increase his options in attack following the departure of record European goalscorer Alfredo Morelos from Govan, are keen to sign him.
Negri, who netted 36 goals for Walter Smith’s side in the 1997/98 season and finished his debut campaign as Scotland’s leading goalscorer, stressed that Dessers is not a prolific marksman. However, he feels the three-times capped internationalist has many attributes as a footballer and could be deployed in a number of different formations by Beale both at home and abroad if Rangers and Cremonese can agree a fee in the coming days.
“Dessers is a strong guy,” Negri said. “He is really, really physical. Cremonese were relegated to Serie B at the end of the season, but I thought he had a very good season for them. It was his first season in Serie A. But he certainly showed he can fight against a big defender. He always worked very hard for the team. On both sides of the game – on the offensive side and the defensive side – as well.”
Negri believes that Dessers’ physical strength and ability to hold the ball up, make clever runs for his team mates, and battle in one-v-one situations will make him a valuable asset to Rangers. He also believes that Dessers’ desire to play for a club like Rangers, who could potentially offer him European football, will be enough to convince Cremonese to agree to a fee.
“He has areas of his game that he could improve. He is not a natural goalscorer and he did not score a lot of goals (he was on target seven times in all competitions) for Cremonese. For me, he has to try and increase the number of goals that he scores in a season. He is not an Ally McCoist type player who can score 30 goals a season. But he is certainly a fighter, a guy who can bring some energy to a team. I think he would be a good signing for Rangers.”
If Rangers and Cremonese can agree a fee in the coming days, Cyriel Dessers will join the Ibrox club and have no difficulty adapting to Scottish football due to his physical playing style. He will be a valuable asset to the team and could potentially help them to achieve success in Europe.
