Nigeria-eligible fullback Jayden Meghoma joins Glasgow Rangers on season-long loan

SCOTTISH Premiership giants Glasgow Rangers have signed Nigeria-eligible teenage fullback Jayden Meghoma on loan from English Premier League side Brentford for the duration of the 2025/26 season.

Meghoma, 19, whose transfer is still subject to international clearance, becomes the second Nigerian defender to join Rangers this summer, following the arrival of centre back Emmanuel Fernandez from Peterborough United. Like Fernandez, Meghoma has expressed a desire to represent Nigeria internationally at senior level.

Although capped by England at U15 through to U19 level, the Brentford loaned has admitted that playing for the Super Eagles remains a genuine option, given his Nigerian heritage. He told Brentford's official website in January 2025 that he has  grown up in England his whole life but his dad is Nigerian and that is an important part of his life as well.

Meghoma said: "Nigeria are doing quite well and playing for them is a consideration because you never know what happens in football. It’s a decision that might come later on in life but for me right now in the youth teams, England is the best choice."

His signing for Rangers until the end of the 2025/26 season takes the club's tally of summer signings to 10.  This will be Meghoma's second loan spell since joining Brentford last year, having spent the second half of last season at Preston North End, where he made 14 appearances in all competitions, including 12 in the Championship.

A product of Tottenham Hotspur and Southampton youth teams, Meghoma signed his first professional contract with the Saints in 2023 before switching to Brentford.  He made his Premier League debut for the Bees against Chelsea in December 2024 and previously registered four senior appearances for Southampton.