MOROCCAN ROLL STAR

Gers asisstant says Igamane has a huge future and is man to lead Light Blues back to big time

- BY ANDY NEWPORT

HAMZA IGAMANE's Rangers journey started out on the sandy roads of Rabat.

But his Ibrox mentor Issame Charai (right) fully expects the streets he treads in future will be paved with gold.

Igamane had already set off on his march to Glasgow when Charai first came across him.

By then, Charai was taking Morocco's Under-23s and the Belgian born coach did not need long to spot his potential.

There were rough edges, for sure, but having spent his formative years developing his skills on the patches of rough ground near his home in the neighbourhood of Temara on Moroccos Atlantic coast, Charai could see the flashes of a striker who operated on pure instinct. Such entertainers are rarer than a Trump apology these days but in PFA Young Player of the Year nominee Igamane, Charai sees a special talent who is destined for the biggest stage.