Glasgow Rangers of Scotland duo of Leon Aderemi Balogun and Joe Aribo are celebrating their club’s historic conquest of the Scottish Premiership by raising five fingers each to symbolizes The Gers’ 55th title overall, megasportsarena.com reports.
Balogun and Aribo cut a gleeful sight early Monday, as they turned out in a photo-shoot that captured several mirthful images, as the Super Eagles’ twosome joined their colleagues in felicitations over a much-expected league title for their Glasgow-based side.
The former England-based Nigerian duo went footloose with their teammates, after confirmation came that Rangers had won their 55th Scottish top-flight title due to Glasgow rivals, Celtic’s goalless draw with Dundee United at Tannadice on Sunday.
That officially ended Celtics’ bid for 10 title in a row, as they needed to take maximum points from their trip to Dundee United after Rangers’ 3-0 win over St Mirren on Saturday took them to the brink of securing their first Scottish Premiership title since 2011.
Prior to this campaign, Rangers last won the league title in 2010-2011 under legendary manager Walter Smith, but T6he Gers made history in campaign that saw Balogun play a total of 17 matches so far and Aribo with 24 appearances.
Aribo, who moved to Ibrox Stadium from Charlton Athletic of England stated in ecstasy: “It is an amazing feeling, honestly the boys are buzzing, still doesn’t actually feel real like it just feels crazy right now.
“I’m just excited that we are able to do it. My aim was to come here and win trophies, win titles and that’s what we have done so obviously I’ve achieved what I wanted to achieve but there’s obviously more to come.”
Balogun, who has won the first league title of his professional career, added: “It’s incredible, we’ve had absolute scenes already before, celebrating yesterday was kind of a buzz already but then today to get over the line, it would take me 100 percent to fully understand it.
“It’s my first league win in my career, to win it with this club at that time is so big, it would take me some time to probably understand it and also some fans back or some fans around me to really see and grasp how big it is.
“The welcome we’ve had was incredible and the scenes after the match obviously as well but still the boys told me I haven’t seen nothing yet. So, I’m really just looking forward, and I can’t wait to finally introduce myself to all of them properly just like all the other new players.”
