Sam Lammers reveals the Rangers swoon session with Michael Beale that convinced him he's no Alfredo Morelos 2.0

Sam Lammers reckons Michael Beale didn't need to do much to persuade him to join Rangers, but an impromptu meet-up in Italy helped.

Beale, as revealed by his new strike arrival, flew to meet the ex-Atalanta man in order to swoon him on joining his Ibrox revolution. Rangers splashed the cash on the Dutchman with a £3.5million shelved out to the Serie A outfit in order to secure his services, with fellow forward Cyriel Dessers following soon after. Lammers insists he's not in Glasgow, however, to replace 100-goal hitman Alfredo Morelos who left the club at the end of last campaign and wants to make his own mark.

The striker was a transfer target of a few clubs around Europe, but Beale went to some lengths to ensure Rangers were frontrunners in the race to sign the 26-year-old on a four-year deal. The Dutchman lifted the lid on what the former QPR boss wanted from him as he mounts a title challenge against Celtic and hopes for Champions League group stage football.

Lammers said: "He came to visit me in Italy and he has a really clear vision of what he wants with this team and me. This doesn’t happen often in football. The human part played a big role. The fact that he goes over to new players to tell them the story and his vision for next season, is a really positive thing.

“I had a good feeling after this and I was excited to come over. He didn’t have to persuade me because the club speaks for itself and I was already interested otherwise I would not have talked to him, but this is the manager we work with this season so it was important for me to talk. If it had not been a positive talk then you have a different feeling but everything was like I expected so it was good."

He added: “It is a big challenge but a good one. I