Derek McInnes and Ivor Pandur in a Rangers shirt.
Derek McInnes and Ivor Pandur Manh Tung, Breaking Media

The Ivor Pandur footage which proves exactly why Rangers have struck gold

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Ivor Pandur is set to become Rangers' most expensive signing of the summer so far.

Expected to sign from Hull City, the Bears will pay £6million to sign the Croatian goalkeeper.

Jack Butland will go the other way, with the newly-promoted Premier League side set to spend £3m.

It's a deal that helps both parties, but you can't help but think that Rangers and Derek McInnes have struck gold.

Pandur will complete his medical in the United States, as he continues with Croatia at the World Cup.

He won't be spotted at Auchenhowie anytime soon, but he will be wearing the number one jersey once next season gets underway.

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Players from England or the Premier League simply cost more in modern-day football, that's just the harsh reality.

So, for Rangers to sign a goalkeeper who was a star as Hull won promotion, it feels like a snip.

Pandur became only one of four goalkeepers in Championship history to keep three clean sheets in a victorious play-off run last month.

And, looking at some of his saves in that season, Rangers are on to a real winner with the 26-year-old.

Seven years behind Butland in age and experience, he will only get better when playing at the highest level at Ibrox, too.

There is one save doing the rounds on social media, that you simply have to see to believe.

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Hull were taking on fellow promoted side Ipswich away from home, and Jack Clarke had the simple task of tapping home into an empty net.

Not only did he miss, but it was the pure athleticism and speed of Pandur that left fans astounded.

The Croatian lept across his goal at full stretch to keep it out, and it shows that Rangers have struck gold.

It was an awful finish from Clarke, but the sheer audacity of Pandur to even get across proves how high his ceiling can be.

Butland may have kept more clean sheets last season, but Pandur was being peppered most weeks at Hull, that won't happen in Glasgow.

It's been a long-time coming to replace Butland, who did his job well when following on from Allan McGregor.

Pandur is that man, and McInnes is slowly starting to put together the pieces he needs to win it all in Scotland next season.

Butland has made far too many mistakes over the past two years, and it's simply time for everyone to move on.

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