DI CARMINE SIGNS UP
Tuesday 1st July 2008
by Simon Skinner

Rangers today signed up their second promising youngster from Serie A with the arrival of striker Samuel Di Carmine from Fiorentina.

Following hot on the heels of Emmanuel Jorge Ledesma from Genoa, this seems to be another player that will likely need time to adapt to the rigours of Championship football. 

Unlike his new Argentine team mate, he has played and scored in the first team at Fiorentina, the 19 year old has had a run out in the league and in the UEFA cup and indeed bagged his only goal for the Viola in a 6-1 romp against Swedish side Elfsborg. 

Dowie has already moved to temper expectations by stating that this seasons loan is “a good opportunity to have a closer look at him”, which sounds to me as though he has not necessarily been brought in with this season, or certainly the first half of this season, in mind. 

It will be interesting to see what the next couple of weeks brings in terms of transfer activity as the two signings so far, whilst undoubtedly players of promise, are far from the finished articles many fans hoped would arrive.