Premiership rival 'very lucky' to sign former Rangers star as boss says 'we’ve seen his quality'

A former Rangers star has been praised after agreeing a deal to return to Scottish football.

Declan John joined Rangers on loan from Cardiff City in 2017, going on to make that move permanent. He moved on to Swansea City and left Bolton Wanderers in the summer, becoming a free agent up until this week when St Mirren snapped him up.

The Buddies have agreed a contract with the left-back that can be extended should it work out for all parties. Speaking on the move, St Mirren manager Stephen Robinson has already caught glimpses of the quality that the star capped by Wales has. He’s looking forward to working with him more.

Robinson said: "Declan is here on a short-term deal with a view to extending depending on how it goes. The circumstances we find ourselves in means we’re very short of defence cover. Declan comes in with a vast amount of experience.

“He’s played at some very high levels and obviously been up in Scotland before as well so we’re very lucky that we’ve been able to get him in. We’ve seen his quality in his first couple of days in training.

“He’s a talented boy, is very good technically but he hasn’t played a lot of football in recent months so that’s something we need to look at and try to get him up to speed. To add to the squad with the quality and background Declan has, I believe we are very lucky at this stage of the season."