Allan McGregor: Goalkeeper returns to Rangers on two-year deal

Scotland goalkeeper Allan McGregor is returning to Rangers on a two-year deal after rejecting new terms at Hull City.

McGregor, who has 38 international caps, moved to Hull after a year in the Turkish top flight.

He was named Hull City's player of the year this season but chose to turn down the offer of an extension with the English Championship club.

He played all 46 league games as the Tigers finished 18th.

McGregor is new manager Steven Gerrard's second signing after this week's capture of Burnley midfielder Scott Arfield.

"He is vastly experienced goalkeeper who we feel can add to the options available to us currently," Gerrard told the club website. "He has won lots of silverware for this club, and has shone at the highest level in Europe.

"I have played against Allan a number of times in my own career and I know just how fierce a competitor he can be."

'An absolute no-brainer'

McGregor started his career at Ibrox and had loan spells with St Johnstone and Dunfermline Athletic before becoming a first-team regular.

In his first spell with Rangers he won 11 major trophies, including a hat-trick of league titles in 2009, 2010 and 2011.

"I can't keep the smile off my face," McGregor told Rangers TV. "When the chance came, it was an absolute no-brainer.

"I started training here when I was 12 years old and it's incredible to be back. We need to make this place [Ibrox] a fortress where nobody wants to come, we need to win games, no matter who you are playing. If you keep doing that, that's what wins you titles."

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He joined Hull when they were in the Premier League and helped them qualify for the Europa League for the first time.

But they were relegated in 2015 and, as he recovered from injury, McGregor was loaned out to Championship rivals Cardiff City for the second half of the 2016-17 season.