Rangers star has title belief coursing through his veins as he makes honest scoring confession after notching rare goal
The Belgian left-back scored the only goal of the game during Sunday’s drab 1-0 Scottish Premiership win over St Mirren in Paisley
When Tuur Rommens stepped through the doors at Ibrox for the first time back in January, the Rangers defender was well aware of the project he had signed up for.
Arriving from KVC Westerlo in his homeland, the Belgian full-back knew he was now part of a club far greater than he had previously turned out for with a gigantic following across the globe.
With that comes a lot of added pressure, but after scoring the match-winner during Sunday’s Premiership clash against struggling St Mirren at the SMiSA Stadium, the 22-year-old reckons he is well positioned to take it all in his stride amid an ultra-competitive three-team race for the title.
“Yeah, it’s no secret I didn’t play for a club the size of Rangers,” Rommens responded when asked about how he is handling the weight of expectation of being a Light Blues player. “I wanted to come here, I wanted to play for a club like this. I want to have this feeling of pressure to win every game. I think I’ve integrated well into the group.
“The pressure is always there if you play for a club like Rangers. The most important thing is to just keep calm in these moments and we did that on Sunday, so onto the next one.
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“I think I’ve integrated well into the group. I try to help the team offensively also. I think over the last couple of years I haven’t scored a lot, I need to score more. That’s an aspect of my game I have to improve and I know this. I had some good moments on Sunday, but I’m just happy with my first goal and to get the win.”
Rangers thrilled to grind out crucial St Mirren win
Following a run of three consecutive draws on the road, a nervy Rangers were relieved to escape from Paisley with maximum points. While accepting their performance was nothing to write home about, Rommens was satisfied just to get the job done in testing conditions.
“The most important thing was the three points and we got them,” he stated. “I think when you have two games against Celtic, it’s a different atmosphere than coming here but that’s the hard part. We need to win these games and we did a great job.
“It was difficult, we didn’t play our best game but it was all about winning. Of course, we have confidence but we have to take it game by game. There’s 24 points still to play for and we’re three points behind so we need to take each game at a time and see where we end up.”
Tuur Rommens: ‘We have a great group’
Only three points separate Hearts, Celtic and Rangers at the Premiership summit, but Rommens is convinced his side can go on to lift the title by winning every game during the run-in.
Asked what gives him that belief, he added: “We have a great group. If you see our performances over the last few weeks, I think we deserved more points but it is what it is.
“We’ve played some good games. I think last week we played better than we did on Sunday but we didn’t win, so we need to keep winning now. That’s all that matters.”
Rommens’ strike after 31 minutes came when fellow countryman Nico Raskin clipped an excellent ball into a dangerous areas towards the back post for the onrushing defender to guide it back across the keeper and into the net.