A statement on the Rangers website says: "We are delighted to have got his signature, having received permission from the SFA, SPL and Fifa." Kyrgiakos had held talks with a number of English Premiership clubs. The powerful centre back won a championship medal with Rangers and scored twice in the CIS Insurance Cup final win over Motherwell. The move to complete his transfer was complicated when Panathinaikos were demanding a £1m fee, while Rangers insisted he should be a free agent. Rangers signed Jose Pierre-Fanfan, Brahim Hemdani, Ian Murray and Julien Rodriguez during the summer. Out-of-favour defender Zurab Khizanishvili is talking to Blackburn Rovers about a possible move. And fellow full-back Maurice Ross is interesting Millwall and Sheffield United. Moves to Leicester City, Sheffield Wednesday and West Ham United had fallen through previously. Talks aimed at moving Michael Ball to Birmingham City collapsed at the weekend. Rangers manager Alex McLeish had also hoped to move on winger Peter Lovenkrands, who trained with Middlesbrough and was also linked with a move to Portsmouth. The high wages of unwanted trio appears to have been a stumbling block so far to any move before Wedneday evening's transfer deadline. Meanwhile, Serbian midfielder Dragan Mladenovic has been given a "Free Transfer" by the Glasgow giants.

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