Birmingham City confirm signing of Rangers midfielder Juninho Bacuna on a permanent deal

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Blues have landed the Curacao international for an undisclosed fee

Birmingham City have confirmed the signing of Juninho Bacuna from Rangers on a three-and-a-half year deal.

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Bacuna, 24, becomes Blues fourth addition this January following the arrivals of Taylor Richards, Teden Mengi and Onel Hernandez.

At a glance: 5 key points

  • Bacuna is the fourth additon at St Andrew’s this month but the first permanent one
  • He has over 100 appearances for Huddersfield Town to his belt, 21 of which came in the Premier League
  • Capped at youth level by Netherlands, he later went on to play for Curacao at senior level
  • He was signed by Rangers in the summer for a fee of £2m after impressing in the Championship with Huddersfield Town
  • Bacuna will wear the number 21 shirt for Blues

What’s been said

Juninho Bacuna

“It is nice to be here, [I am] excited to get going.

“I have got the opportunity to play games and show my abilities - Birmingham is a nice city. It is a big club and I am really excited to be here.

“The most important thing is to build something with the team and the Club. I have got three-and-a-half years to do it, I am going to do everything to make it an incredible time.

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“I’m the type of player that likes to get the ball, create something, give passes to the strikers.

“When I get the ball, I like to get close to the box, have shots from outside the box, inside the box and be involved.

“He [Lee Bowyer] said we’re trying to build something and we want to build and grow as a club and me and the team can start doing that.”

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