- An update on the quartet of former Rangers players now in Cyprus with Aris Limassol.
- Ross McCausland struggling for impact, with limited minutes and uncertain future at Aris Limassol
- Connor Goldson and Leon Balogun steady overall, but form dips and injuries remain factors while Wes Foderingham dropped.
There is a growing Rangers enclave in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, with no fewer than four former Ibrox stars plying their trade at Aris Limassol in Cyprus.
Leon Balogun, Connor Goldson and goalkeeper Wes Foderingham are all now established within the squad.
Joining them this season, Ross McCausland made the move on loan in search of the consistency that had proven elusive in Glasgow.
Speaking to This Is Mappa: Cyprus Football Podcast host Stel Stylianou, he provided an up-to-date perspective on how the former Rangers quartet are getting on in the Cypriot sun.
Ross McCausland – The loan Ranger
McCausland flattered to deceive after his Ibrox first team breakthrough, and this pattern looks to have followed him to Limassol.
The winger has “only completed 90 minutes five times, hasn’t scored many and hasn’t assisted many either,” according to Stylianou.
“To say he has been underwhelming would be fair, although Aris haven’t had many standout players this season.
“It is difficult to say if they’ll make the move permanent.
“They brought in a new head coach mid-February and McCausland has only featured three times in eight games since.
“Added to that McCausland has Jaden Montnor to compete with in his position and Montnor has been one of their best players over the past couple of years.”
McCausland, a lifelong Rangers fan admits he “still watches every game” from Cyprus but is willing to make the move to the island nation permanent.
“If I keep playing the games and scoring and creating goals, I don’t see why it wouldn’t be the right move for me,” he said.
Connor Goldson
Now onto the former Rangers’ heroes playing for Aris full time.
Former Ibrox vice-captain Goldson, so often a pillar of reliability in Glasgow, made an immediate impression in Cyprus.
“Goldson has been excellent since joining Aris,” Stylianou explains, though that upward trajectory did not continue indefinitely.
“His form dipped in December. He’s been on the bench the last couple of games.”
It is a reminder that even at a slightly less intense level than the Scottish Premiership, the demands of consistency, mental as much as physical, remain unforgiving.
Stylianou was keen to stress that, much like the Scottish Premiership, “many people think the Cypriot league is easy but it really isn’t.”
Leon Balogun
Balogun’s contribution, by contrast, appears to align closely with expectations formed during his time at Rangers.
“Balogun has done well. You can tell he’s got bags of experience,” says Stylianou.
The fitness issues that ended his second spell at Ibrox do not seem to have followed the Nigerian to Cyprus.
“He has had a couple of injuries, but they’ve been caused by opponents.” Stylianou notes.
“Nothing for people to say he’s ‘injury prone’
“He was out for a few weeks with a facial injury picked up while scoring a goal.”
Balogun has become a stabilising presence, exporting his experience into the younger members of the Aris squad.
Wes Foderingham
For Foderingham, the picture is less settled. “He’s been in and out of the team,” Stylianou admits, a rotation that suggests Aris are still searching for certainty between the posts.
More concerning, perhaps, is the mention of “a couple of big mistakes,” the kind that always seemed to hamper his Rangers process just as he seemed to grow into the number one jersey.
The former Sheffield United and West Ham keeper was always able to pull off great reaction saves.
However, his spell in Scotland was plagued by poor distribution under pressure and a failure to stop shots from range.
This looks to have continued into his Cypriot career, only playing twice in 2026 so far.
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The Cypriot chapter for this group feels familiar. Goldson has shown his quality but not without dips, Balogun looks a steady, experienced head when fit, and Foderingham is still battling the inconsistency that followed him at Ibrox.
For McCausland, it is a reminder that potential alone is not enough, he needs end product and regular impact.
In a different league and a different environment, the same themes persist, and that inability to kick on from the base level that propelled him into the Ibrox first team, could likely be the reason he does not return to it.
