Penrice determined to make Rangers left-back jersey his own

James Penrice scored and assisted on his Rangers debut [SNS] James Penrice hopes to capitalise on an impressive debut performance by making the starting Rangers left-back spot his own. The 27-year-old was signed on loan from AEK Athens on Saturday and featured in Derek McInnes' XI 24 hours later with Tuur Rommens out injured. The former Hearts defender went on to score and assist in the 5-1 League Cup last-16 victory over St Mirren, setting up a quarter-final with Celtic. "[Rommens] is obviously injured and I'm coming in to play," Penrice said. "I want to keep performing and that's kind of where I am. I want to make the jersey my own and hopefully I can do that." Penrice revealed he was upset when a proposed move to Ibrox last winter failed to materialise. However, the former Rangers academy player, who is a boyhood fan of the club, is thrilled to finally be back in Govan. "January was close, it didn't happen for a number of reasons and I ended up staying and winning the league with AEK," Penrice added. "When I had heard there was a sniff this window, it was all I wanted. I pushed like mad and then I've got to say thank you to AEK as well because they made it happen. "You kind of get doubts [about it happening]. I was quite upset it didn't happen in January, I'm not shying away from that. "But as soon as I found out in the summer there was a chance, as I said, I pushed like mad and it was the only thing I wanted."