Super Eagles’ Joe Aribo will be joining Premier League club Southampton after both clubs agreed on a fee of £10m for the Nigeria international.
Southampton are set to pay an initial £6m for the midfielder, with add-ons meaning the transfer could ultimately be worth in excess of £10m.
Aribo’s contract has always included a £10m release clause and it is understood that Rangers were determined not to accept a total package below that value.
Aribo has agreed personal terms and conditions with Southampton but his deal will be done after he completes his medicals at Saint Mary’s.
The Nigerian international has one year left on his deal at Ibrox, having moved to Glasgow in the summer of 2019 from Charlton Athletic.
The former Charlton Athletic player was scheduled to meet up with the rest of the Rangers squad in Portugal on Thursday (today) but he is currently in London.
The 25 -year-old plays as a central or attacking midfielder, Aribo was occasionally deployed as a striker by Van Bronckhorst amid an injury crisis during the second half of the 2021-22 campaign.
Southampton have already made three summer signings, bringing in goalkeepers Gavin Bazunu and Mateusz Lis and defender Armel Bella-Kotchap.
They have also completed a move for 18-year-old Manchester City midfielder Romeo Lavia.
Joseph Oluwaseyi Temitope Ayodele-Aribo is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Scottish Premiership club Rangers. He began his club career at Staines Town then spent four years with Charlton Athletic in the English Football League.
He scored nine goals, including one in the Europa League final, in 57 games last season and added 10 assists.