Bojan Miovski is looking forward to getting his career back on track in Scotland after a season to forget in La Liga with Girona.
The North Macedonian made his Rangers debut in yesterday’s Old Firm clash after sealing a switch in a deal worth up to £4.2 million. And he admitted that Ibrox provided the perfect escape route to his nightmare 12 months on the continent.
Miovski was limited in his work in front of goal as Rangers struggled to create in the final third. His endeavour was evident, though, before he was replaced by Cyriel Dessers in the closing stages of the stalemate.
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"I didn't have a great time in Girona, but I didn't want to move just to move from there,” Miovski said. “I want a project to keep going in my career, and Rangers was a great project for me, to come and play here.”
The 26-year-old put his form in Catalonia down to a lack of game time and a style of play that didn’t suit him, but he is already relishing the pressure to perform in a blue jersey.
He added: "Girona had a very hard season in Spain. We almost got relegated, we didn't play good football.
"I played only 20% of the games in all competitions, and we didn't get another striker, we didn't get the right service, and I think we struggled on this point. And I move forward.
"I want to help the team, to score goals, of course, to win trophies because in this team we need to always fight for the trophies.
"Here, if you don't win trophies, it is a disappointing season for everyone. So I know that it is a lot of pressure here."
Miovski left Scotland as a cult hero in Aberdeen, where he achieved a goal ratio of just over one in two and landed the club a reported bumper fee of £6.8 million when he departed Pittodrie.
While the striker still holds his old side in high regard, he didn’t think twice when Russell Martin made the call to bring him to Glasgow.
"I always respect Aberdeen,” Miovski insisted. "I had a great time there, but I needed to make a decision for me and my family."
The striker admitted that it was a ‘crazy’ few days as he raced to get the deal over the line in time to turn out in the first derby of the season. While he couldn’t quite help his side avoid a fourth straight domestic draw, he is confident that once he gets his feet under the desk in Govan, the team’s fortunes will turn for the better.
"I just arrived on Saturday from the airport, straight to the training," Miovski said. "It was hard, but I gave my best, and I feel that we as a team can be better and better because we showed that we are a team.
"So I have big ambitions and the club has big ambitions, so I'm here to help the team."
Miovski was at the centre of one of the few flashpoints of an otherwise dismal derby when he saw his claims for a penalty waved away after a coming-together with Celtic’s Liam Scales.
While the forward believed there was contact at the time, he isn’t one to dwell on decisions that haven’t gone his way.
"To be honest, I didn't check the video still, but I feel that he touched me on my right leg," Miovski said.
"So this is why I fell down, because I think I was in front of him, so he didn't see me because I came from behind. But it is for the referee to decide and we move forward."
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