Nedim Bajrami has revealed he turned to former teammates Liam Henderson and Josh Doig for advice before committing his future to Rangers on deadline day.

The Albanian completed a £3.5million move from Sassuolo a fortnight ago as he became the final arrival of the window at Ibrox. Bajrami could now make his debut when Rangers face Dundee United on Sunday.

The midfielder has had limited time with Philippe Clement’s side after returning to Glasgow from international duty this week. He already has an insight into what to expect on and off the pitch, however, after picking the brains of two Scots in Serie A.

“First of all I just want to adapt as fast as possible,” Bajrami said. “It is important I need to do what the coach wants and then my goal here is to win trophies, to do my best for the team and the fans. This year we are also in the Europa League to do our best there. I look forward game by game.

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“The last five years I played in Italy, where the league is really tactical. I spoke with a few players who played in Scotland – with Josh Doig and Liam Henderson, who I played with at Empoli. I played with Josh at Sassuolo. They told me good things about Scotland and the football and I am really happy to be here.

"With Liam, I didn't speak a lot, because he played for Celtic. We are good friends, I spoke more with Josh, and he told me, yeah, you will love it there, and not only football, but even the life.

"Just the weather is a little bit different, because here it's more cold, in Italy it's more sunny, but I don't care, so I'm here to love Scotland and Rangers.”

Bajrami had mixed fortunes during the break as Albania recorded an impressive win over Ukraine before losing to Georgia in the Nations League. The playmaker has fond memories of his previous international outings, though, after making history at Euro 2024 this summer.

Bajrami netted the fastest ever goal at the tournament as he put Albania ahead inside 23 seconds against Italy. The Azzurri went on to win 2-1 but the moment continues to live with the record-breaker.

"Yeah, playing the Euros for me was a really nice experience,” Bajrami said. “I didn't know that I scored the first goal at the Euros, they told me after the game, because I didn't realise that I scored, because it was really so fast.

"And today I was happy, because to break a record after 20 years, I hope it stays forever, because you never know in football.”