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Belfast Telegraph
01-08-2025
- Sport
- Belfast Telegraph
Northern Ireland winger heads for Cyprus after being told he has no immediate future at Rangers
The Rangers star had been on the radar of teams across Europe and America. He made just four league starts last season, sparking speculation that he may move away from Ibrox despite having two years left on his contract. New manager Russell Martin has now allowed McCausland to link up with the Cypriot First Division side – and the deal also contains a conditional obligation to buy. The 22-year-old has made 64 senior appearances for Rangers. The former Linfield man, who has earned five caps for his country, missed June's doubleheader with Denmark and Iceland due to injury. The Scottish Premiership side stated: "Rangers can today confirm attacker Ross McCausland has joined Aris Limassol on-loan until the end of the season. The deal also contains a conditional obligation to buy. 'McCausland, who has 64 appearances and seven goals under his belt for Gers, heads to the Cypriot First Division side, who are also going through Conference League qualifying at present. He heads to Aris with the best wishes of everyone at the Rangers.' McCausland, who came through the Gers academy, will link up with ex-Ibrox pair Connor Goldson and Leon Balogun at Limassol. His move comes after Martin provided an update on departures at his press conference. The 39-year-old addressed the media ahead of his side's Scottish Premiership season-opener against Motherwell on Sunday. He said: "We have a fair few players who have interest in them who know that their career probably needs to move on to play football. "And we've still gone and done Mikey (Moore), we did (Djeidi) Gassama, there's been players that we've done. But obviously, by the end of the window, we definitely can't have them all in here. But I don't think it's a case of having to wait, we need them to go first." McCausland enjoyed a promising start to his Rangers career and established himself under ex-boss Philippe Clement, but he is now surplus to requirements under Martin.
Morocco World
20-05-2025
- Sport
- Morocco World
Youssef El-Arabi Wins Cyprus Golden Boot
Former Morocco international Youssef El-Arabi has claimed the Golden Boot in the Cypriot First Division for the 2024–25 season, scoring 13 goals in his debut campaign with APOEL Nicosia. The 38-year-old striker joined the Cypriot giants last summer on a free transfer from Olympiacos. Despite his age, El-Arabi showed no signs of decline, finishing ahead of Rafael Lopes (Anorthosis), Cabrera (AEK Larnaca), Mariusz Stępiński (Omonia Nicosia) and Jairo (Pafos), all of whom ended the season on 12 goals. This marks the fifth time in his career that El-Arabi has finished as top scorer in a domestic league. He previously won the Golden Boot in Qatar in 2010 (26 goals) and 2017 (24 goals), and in Greece in 2020 (20 goals) and 2021 (22 goals). Morocco chapter El-Arabi's last official appearance for Morocco came on March 30, 2021, in a 1–0 win over Burundi during the final round of Group E in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. He came on as a late substitute in that match, held in Rabat. His final goal for the Atlas Lions was recorded on October 9, 2020, in a friendly match also played in Rabat, where Morocco defeated Senegal 3-1. El-Arabi scored the third goal in the 86th minute, following earlier strikes from Selim Amallah and Youssef En-Nesyri. In total, El-Arabi earned 46 caps and scored 16 goals for Morocco between 2010 and 2021.
