Kirk snubs Blackpool to stay with Gers

Kirk Broadfoot has agreed a new three-year deal with Rangers which keeps him at the club until 2013, the SPL champions have announced. The former St Mirren defender was out of contract and had been linked with a move to Blackpool and Portsmouth.The news will come as a boost for Rangers fans who are bracing themselves for the loss of teenage stopper Danny Wilson and Algeria's World Cup defender Madjid Bougherra.Broadfoot, 25, met with other clubs in the final six months of his contract, but claims his preference was to remain at the club he supported as a youngster."I'm delighted to stay," Broadfoot told the club's website. "To play with a club like Rangers for another three years is great as they're the team I supported as a boy."Everyone knows that and it's great to be part of the squad for the forthcoming season when we'll look to retain our SPL title."I said from day one that I wanted to stay here if we could do a deal and while I did go and meet other people, my heart was always here."I just had to make sure the agreement we made was the right one for myself and my family and I'm really happy with the final outcome."I won't lie. I thought there was a point when I was going to leave but it was so hard to get my head around moving on."The lure of Champions League football and everything else that comes with being here made it so hard to look elsewhere and I'm glad we have got everything sorted."The Scotland international believes the recent decision of manager Walter Smith to stay on at the club played a part in his own decision to remain at Ibrox."It was a huge factor," Broadfoot said. "I got offered a contract a few months ago when Walter's own future hadn't been resolved and I said no straight away."The fact I didn't know who the manager was going to be made it hard to stay but now we know it will be the gaffer, that's huge for everyone at the club."He commands so much respect and I've enjoyed working with him over the last three years."With Ally McCoist going on to be the gaffer too next summer, it was really attractive for me to stay and work under them both."

Source: Team_Talk