Jason Cummings says he still has to pinch himself about his time at Rangers, admitting he was proud to pull on the Light Blue jersey.
The Scotland striker spent six months on loan at Ibrox before being shipped out by Steven Gerrard after he took over as Gers boss.
Ex-Hibs man Cummings insists he would love to play for Rangers again one day and hopes Gerrard took notice of his double against his beloved Liverpool in the FA Cup this season.
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Speaking to Edinburgh Evening News, he said: “In Scotland, my time in Hibs, winning the Scottish Cup, that was magical. It hadn’t been won in a lifetime, even longer, so to win that was special.
“Then we got them promoted to the SPL which was good because I had been part of the team that relegated them as well so it was good to come full circle.
“But when I went to Rangers, even now, to this day, I can’t believe I played for them. They are that big a club. I am just proud that I played for them.
“I scored a hat-trick at Ibrox as well [against Falkirk, in the Scottish Cup] and I will always cherish that. I didn’t play as much as I wanted at Rangers but I prefer playing two up. Preferably with a big guy.
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“At Hibs me and Grant Holt used to play together and that is probably when I was playing my best. He would do all the barging and flick-ons and I would play off the scraps! But a lot of the clubs I’ve been to, it’s been one up top.”
Cummings was left gutted after he was told he was surplus to requirements at Rangers, but when Jermain Defoe signed for the club the following week, it put things in perspective for the 24-year-old.
He added: “The next week I saw that he had signed Jermain Defoe, and I couldn’t really complain.
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“Considering he’s one of the best goalscorers in the world, I had to take that one on the chin.
“I had met with him and I told him I wanted to stay but I think he wanted to freshen things up and bring in his own team.
“But I did love it at Rangers. The Old Firm games, although they didn’t always go our way, because at that time Rangers weren’t at their best, just to be part of those games, to be part of that atmosphere, was incredible and I loved it.
“It was hard when they didn’t want to keep me. I wanted to stay at Rangers and I tried my best to get back there. But everything happens for a reason.”
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