Newcastle winger Garang Kuol insists he's a stronger player for his loan with Hearts.

Kuol struggled for minutes during his five-month spell.

But he says: “People look at the game time as a negative, and obviously it's not ideal.

“At the end of the day, what I'm doing in training every day is what makes me a better player. A lot of people look past that, look at the game time and they make it a whole negative story.

“I'm very happy that I came here, I've met some wonderful people, the coaches, and hopefully I can just keep developing. It (the Rangers goal) just shows perseverance and the hard work I did behind the scenes on the training pitch every day. I just thought, 'finally'. Obviously it's been a tough period and just to get that goal was like a sigh of relief."