Rankin Found Ghetto Life in Brazil a Far Cry From Comforts of Caley Thistle

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SIR ALEX FERGUSON must be a master at providing tests of a young player's character, but he well and truly broke the mould when setting one for John Rankin a few years ago.

The Inverness midfielder was dispatched, along with fellow Manchester United reserve-team player Ben Muirhead, to Brazil, for a month with Corinthians. But the pair lasted all of two bizarre weeks before making a dash for England and a safe return to the home comforts they were deprived of at their flat in a ghetto of the sprawling city of Sao Paulo.

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Rankin Found Ghetto Life in Brazil a Far Cry From Comforts of Caley Thistle

As a close-season signing by Charlie Christie from Ross County, Rankin has hardly had his professional world turned upside down by that transfer.

So, as he spoke of the ease in which he has been able to settle into life in the SPL and with ...

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