Rangers star marries long-time sweetheart in stunning idyllic setting as guests join in with unique blessing
Their friends and family took part in a traditional blessing
JUST DESSERS Rangers star marries long-time sweetheart in stunning idyllic setting as guests join in with unique blessing
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CYRIEL DESSERS ended the football season as Rangers' top scorer...
And he's started the summer by getting married in idyllic fashion in Italy.
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Cyriel Dessers and his new wife Rosalie De Ruysscher at their wedding
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Dessers' wife Rosalie
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Dessers was the top scorer for Rangers this past season
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The Gers striker hit the net 29 times across 55 games in all competitions for the Light Blues
But the season ended trophyless for Dessers and Gers, as Celtic won a league and League Cup double with Aberdeen claiming the Scottish Cup.
Dessers ended the last 12 months with a personal high as he tied the knot with longtime partner Rosalie de Ruysscher.
The Nigeria international, 30, and brunette Rosalie wed on Saturday at Montalbano in southern Italy.
Dessers spent a year with Italian club Cremonese before moving to Ibrox in 2023.
He has since hit 51 goals in 109 Gers appearances.
Footage of the wedding reception shows Rosalie and a tuxedo-clad Dessers smiling and waving as they parade through rows of tables.
Meanwhile guests wave their napkins in tribute to the couple.
The film bears the caption: "Doing it the Italian way."
Dessers was born in the Belgian city Tongeren. He has played for Belgian Pro League clubs Leuven, Lokeren and Genk.
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The eight-cap international also had spells with four Dutch sides, including Utrecht and Feyenoord, before moving to Italy in 2022 prior to his arrival in Scotland.
Dessers scored on international duty with Nigeria a fortnight ago in the Unity Cup, held in London.
And he's been the subject of reported interest from Greece ahead of the summer transfer window.
Super League giants AEK Athens have emerged as potential suitors for the frontman.
La Liga outfit Leganes, Serie A clubs Cagliari and Empoli and Ligue 1 side Saint-Etienne have also been credited with interest in the past few months.
Meanwhile, Philippe Clement has opened up on what went on behind the scenes that led to his Rangers exit.
The Belgian was sacked in February and has now been replaced by Russell Martin, wit Barry Ferguson having served as interim boss.
Clement revealed that he feared for his job immediately after the Premier Sports Cup final loss to Celtic.
He said: "I had a feeling, a bad feeling, after the League Cup final.
"I think it was a vital game.
"If we had won, there would have been more patience with the fans also and the board could have stayed much calmer."
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