'Incredible' former Rangers ace now thriving at Champions League club after £13m deal as he lands huge billing

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The star left Rangers after a loan spell that was supposed to turn permanent was KO’d.

A star previously of Rangers has been dubbed the best in class by his current club’s technical director.

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Malik Tillman spent the 22/23 season on loan at Rangers from Bayern Munich, impressing as a permanent Ibrox stay looked likely. Bayern bought themselves out of that permanent agreement and sent the playmaker to Holland instead, where he is also thriving.

The Eredivisie club splashed a club-record £13 million fee to sign him on a permanent basis from Bayern over the summer and Earnest Stewart, PSV’s technical director, says his rise has been remarkable at a club now playing in the league phase of the Champions League

As quoted by Rangers News, Stewart said: “When you see Malik, the development he has undergone as a player, but also as a person. Of course, I knew Malik a little earlier from the American national team. He is a very quiet boy.

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“At the beginning of the season, you had to get the words out (of him), and he is now doing interviews. He has developed as a person and that is reflected on the field.

“I think he is an incredible talent. What he can do, what he sees, also scoring ability and creativity. And what is not often noticeable, but the number of balls he recaptures on the field is truly unprecedented as an attacking player. Malik is really a great talent. We are very happy that he will stay at PSV even longer.”

Now former PSV star Kenneth Perez has piled on with the praise. He sees something the former Rangers ace does that is better than anybody in the Dutch top flight. Perez said: “He is someone who just does the right things with the ball.

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“Who is better than Tillman in the Eredivisie? I don’t see anyone. I think he is a really complete player. In terms of thinking, I think he is one of the fastest and, in terms of technique, one of the very best. Tillman almost always has a solution, and he is not slow either. He has acceleration with the ball.”

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