Rankine Pleased To Be A Blade

By Barnsley Blade
July 21 2003

New Blades Signing Mark Rankine has revealed that he turned down better offers (as if) to come to Bramall Lane.

The Former Wolves midfielder put pen to paper on a 12-month contact just a few days ago.

"Coming here is what I've wanted," Rankine told the club's website. "There were a couple of concrete offers, but I said to myself if United came in I would sign.

"One deal was financially better than this one - but you cannot put a price on enjoyment. I know what I'm coming into here and I believe we have the chance to equal what we did last year.

"It's good that United have been able to keep last year's squad together and pick up a few new players over the summer."