FORMER Rangers striker Jason Cummings has agreed terms to sign for Indian giants Mohun Bagan in a lucrative deal.
The Australian international will become the best-paid player in the Indian Super League when he moves to the Kolkata outfit.
Cummings’ form for Central Coast Mariners over two seasons in the A League, where he scored 28 goals in 49 games, has secured him the move.
The ex-Hibernian and Dundee maverick will begin a new chapter in his career by joining the ambitious big spenders.
The Indian league champions beat off competition from rivals Mumbai City, who fought a transfer battle for the 27-year-old’s signature.
Cummings switched nationalities from Scotland to Australia last year, despite winning two caps for the country of his birth in non-competitive matches.
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He won a place in the Socceroos’ World Cup squad, playing against France in November 2022.
The forward won the Scottish Cup with the Hibees in 2016, helping the Leith side end a 114-year hoodoo for glory in the competition by defeating the Light Blues in the final.
Following a move down south with Nottingham Forest a year later, he had a short loan spell at the Ibrox club.
After several spells with English clubs and a brief stay at Dens Park, he seemed to find his feet in Australia and revealed that he did not regret the switch Down Under.
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Speaking on The Players Pod with James Dodd last month he said: “I’m happy as I’ve ever been in my life and as a player.
“Over here it’s refreshing for me. I go out for food or on a night out and no one bothers you.
“The only time I’ve been abused at the game it was some guy wearing a CELTIC top.
“Back in Scotland it’s just relentless. It’s hostile.
“If you have a bad game you’re going to get hammered on social media. You get beat you need stay in for a few days or you get hammered for going out.
“But over here no one’s that affected. I’ve become a proper Aussie, I’ve embraced it.
“I wasn’t appreciated in Scotland as much as I am here.”
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