Ridvan Yilmaz eyes Rangers long term stay before landing club a fortune like Bassey and Aribo

Ridvan Yilmaz revealed his intention to become a smash hit at Rangers - before making the club a fortune like Calvin Bassey and Joe Aribo.

The Turkish international was officially unveiled as an Ibrox new boy, one week after sealing a £5.3m million move from boyhood heroes Besiktas. And, while the 21-year-old has set his immediate sights on winning the title in his first season in Scotland as well as making it to the Champions League, he admits his long term ambition is to move on again and rake in millions of pounds worth of profit for his new club.

Ibrox boss Gio van Bronckhorst moved quickly to snap up Yilmaz as a replacement for Basey after the Nigerian international joined Ajax a a £23m deal. That business came shortly after Aribo sealed a £10m sale to Southampton. And the ambitious Yilmaz believes joining Rangers can help fast-track his one career to the next level.

He said: “I don’t know how many players they sold before me but I know they sold the player who used to play in my place. And this is very important for Rangers. Hopefully I will be one of those players who isn’t sold for a long time. But when I leave the club I leave them a lot of money.

My dream is to get Rangers into the Champions League and also to finish the league in a good position, to win more cups, to contribute. I would also like to go to bigger clubs. And Yilmaz admits his first aim is to help Van Bronckhorst overturn last week’s 2-0 defeat against Union Saint Gilloise to stay on course for UEFA’s elite competition.

The youngster came off the bench in Belgium and could win his first start ahead of the second leg against Kilmarnock tomorrow. But he has insisted his team mates will have to try twice as hard as they did on Tuesday night when