Rangers have agreed to signal Clinton Nsiala on a pre-contract with AC Milan.
The 20-year-old French defender would be the membership’s third signing of the summer season when he formally joins the membership on July 1.
Rangers have already signed Brazilian full-back Jefte and prolonged the mortgage of Oscar Cortes with an choice to purchase.
The Ibrox facet are anticipated to make quite a lot of additions this summer season as supervisor Philip Clement rebuilds the squad after successful in opposition to Celtic final season.
Nsiala joined the Cercle Paul Bert de Brequinhi youth academy on the age of six earlier than transferring to Nantes on the age of 15.
The younger defender spent two years within the Ligue 1 youth ranks, impressing sufficient to safe a transfer to AC Milan in 2021.
Nsiala was a daily within the AC Milan Below-19 facet that reached the ultimate of the celebrated UEFA Youth League final season, beginning 9 of their 10 matches all through the marketing campaign.
He additionally featured within the squad for a number of Serie A matches final season for Milan, gaining invaluable expertise beneath supervisor Stefano Pioli.
Rangers’ director of recruitment, Nils Koppen, mentioned: “We’re delighted so as to add a proficient younger participant, Clinton, to the squad.
“He has joined as an thrilling expertise who we imagine can develop and take the following steps beneath our supervisor Philippe Clement and his workers.
“We look ahead to welcoming Clinton to Glasgow as we proceed to construct the workforce forward of the 2024/25 marketing campaign.”
The 2024 summer season switch window within the Premier League formally opens on Friday 14 June – the identical day Euro 2024 kicks off.
The window will shut on August 30 at 11pm UK time in England and midnight in Scotland.
The Premier League has moved its deadline to hitch the opposite main leagues in Europe. The time limits had been determined after discussions with the leagues in England, Germany, Italy, Spain and France.