Healy handed new Gers deal

30 June 2011 13:45
David Healy will stay at Rangers after agreeing a new one-year contract with the Scottish Premier League champions.[LNB] The 31-year-old Northern Ireland forward struggled with injuries last season but Rangers manager Ally McCoist has decided to keep him at Ibrox for the new campaign.[LNB]Healy told his club's official website: "I'm delighted to have been given this chance.[LNB]"I always said that joining the club in January was a huge honour and it was great to finish last season on such a high after winning the title and getting the double (by winning the CIS Insurance Cup)."[LNB]Healy, who is his country's record goalscorer at senior level, has struggled to settle since leaving Leeds in 2007 but will now be hoping to prove his worth to McCoist.[LNB]He added: "I spoke to Coisty, or the gaffer as I will call him now, after the Kilmarnock game about how I maybe didn't get as many games as I would have hoped for.[LNB]"But the form of Jela (Nikica Jelavic) and Laff (Kyle Lafferty) towards the end was a big part of why we won the league so I understood that and he told me that he would like me to come back for another season.[LNB]"Hopefully this year I'll be coming in fresh after pre-season and I can bring something to the team and give the gaffer a different option on the pitch."

Source: Team_Talk