Tom Lawrence finally finds new club after Rangers exit

The former Ibrox midfielder departed Glasgow after three seasons with Rangers.

His exit was announced by the club five months ago, and Lawrence has now finalised a move to the A-League.

Perth Glory announced a deal had been struck to sign the Welsh internationalist on a one-year deal.

On his signing for the club, Lawrence said: “I had a call with [Glory Football Director] Stan Lazaridis and the Manager [David Zdrilic] and just listened to their passion for the club and where they want to go,” he said.

“That’s really what settled it in the end.

“I also spoke with [Glory defender] Scott Wootton and he was very complimentary about the club and Perth as a city.

“He basically said just get here as soon as you can, you’ll love it.

“I’ve been training every day with a guy back home in the UK and I feel like I’m in good shape.

“My body feels good, so I don’t think it’ll take long at all and I’ll be raring to go.

“I’ve come here to score as many goals and contribute as many assists to help the team as I can.

“I want the team to finish as high as possible and go for whatever we can this season.”

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“We are absolutely thrilled to have Tom on board,” said Perth Gloring sporting director Stan Lazaridis.

“He has been a proven performer at an extremely high level in the UK for more than a decade and is exactly the kind of experienced and versatile forward we need in our squad.

“Tom offers us so much flexibility as he can play out wide, down the middle, or in behind as an attacking midfielder.

“He can score and provide pinpoint delivery with both feet and has also banged in a number of stunning free-kicks over the years.

“We need to take some of the goalscoring burden off Adam Taggart’s shoulders and Tom will do that, as well as helping with the development of our younger attacking players.

“He had been linked to a number of UK and A-League clubs, but after chatting to his former Manchester United teammate Scott Wootton, he wanted to a part of what we’re building here at Glory.

“I’m extremely excited to see Tom in action.”

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