SITTARD - Fortuna Sittard goalkeeper Ivor Pandur cheers after the 1-0 by Kaj Sierhuis of Fortuna Sittard during the Dutch Eredivisie match between Fortuna Sittard and Vitesse at the Fortuna Sittard Stadium on December 2, 2023 in Sittard, Netherlands. ANP MARCEL VAN HOORN (Photo by ANP via Getty Images)
Ivor Pandur will be playing his football in England this year after the once Rangers linked goalkeeper sealed a move from Fortuna Sittard to Championship outfit Hull City.
If there is one position where Rangers look particularly solid, it’s between the sticks.
Jack Butland – to borrow the words of Gers legend Ally McCoist – has been ‘out of this world’ since joining from Crystal Palace, one of the club’s most inspired signings for years.
Robby McCrorie, meanwhile, is a more-than reliable back-up, having proven his worth during the second half of last season. As such, Rangers opting against bringing Ivor Pandur to Ibrox is not quite the mistake it may have seemed had Butland not settled into life north of the border so impeccably.
According to the Daily Mail, Rangers sent scouts to watch Pandur before Butland’s arrival.
The former Croatian Under 21 stopper did not have to wait long, however, for another British-based club to make a move, Hull City offering Pandur the chance to showcase his feline reflexes to a wider audience in England’s topsy-turvy second-tier.
“Ivor is a player with really good pedigree,” Hull coach Liam Rosenior tells BBC Sport after The Tigers agreed a £1.5 million deal with Eredivisie outfit Fortuna Sittard.
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