Michael Beale urges new Rangers signing Jose Cifuentes to talk the talk AND walk the walk

Rangers suffered a communications breakdown at Rugby Park but Michael Beale believes Jose Cifuentes can become the point of contact his side is crying out for.

Gers’ new £1.2million signing from Los Angeles FC hasn’t quite mastered the English language despite spending three years in the US. Then again, the Ibrox side weren’t exactly fluent themselves against Derek McInnes’ Kilmarnock side on Saturday as their stuttering display resulted in a deflating opening day defeat in Ayrshire. The Ibrox support are now pinning their hopes on the Ecuador international being able to do more than talk a good game as they look for someone to lift Beale’s limp Light Blues from that drab display against Killie.

The Rangers gaffer had hoped to give his latest signing some game time against McInnes’ men but was forced to scrub those plans when Brad Lyons’ winning strike sent tongues wagging in the home end. But Beale is a big believer that football boasts its own universal language and is backing the midfield ace to express himself clearly both on and off the pitch in the months ahead. He said: “We’ve had some strange conversations already with my broken Spanish!

“Look, Danilo speaks a bit of Spanish as do one or two others. We’re not all like Brits abroad with our phrasebooks! Some of the players speak a second language. It’s important every day he’s here that he’ll have lessons and he’ll grow.

“I think if you play football and you are a good player and know yourself positionally and what’s being asked of you, then you can perform. That’s the same in any league.

"I think what will happen is people will get excited about one or two players as the first wave of the season happens then hopefully one or two others step up in different