ALLY McCOIST is closing in on his first Rangers signing, with South African international Matty Pattison set to agree a summer move to Ibrox. Sport of the World can reveal the 24-year-old Mamelodi Sundowns midfielder has held positive talks with Gers boss-in-waiting McCoist and is currently finalising his personal terms. Rangers expect to conclude a deal for a nominal fee in the next fortnight, with Pattison keen to return to British football after a year back in his homeland. Although born in Johannesburg, Pattison's family moved to England when he was 11 and he signed for Newcastle United as a 14-year-old. Ironically, his first taste of senior football came in Glasgow when he made his Magpies debut, aged 17, against Celtic in a friendly in August 2004. His early promise at Newcastle was never fulfilled after he suffered two serious knee ligament injuries which threatened his career. Pattison left St James' Park in November 2007 to join Norwich City, when ex-Geordies boss Glenn Roeder moved to Carrow Road and made more than 50 appearances for the Canaries. However the ambitious midfielder left East Anglia at the start of the 2009-10 season to return to South Africa in an attempt to force his way into Carlos Alberto Parreira's World Cup squad. Despite impressing with Mamelodi Sundowns and winning two caps against the USA and Kenya, Pattison missed out on a place in his country's final 22 after being in the initial 29-man squad. Now he wants to return to Britain and looks likely to be the first new signing at Ibrox as McCoist starts to rebuild. http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/notw/nol_scottish/nol_scottish_sport/1280972/Ally-McCoist-to-sign-Matty-Pattison.html