After getting promoted to the top tier of Scottish football, Rangers haven’t really fired on all cylinders. Sporadic run of form and the exit of Mark Warburton under mysterious circumstances compiled together to ensure that the Gers failed to mount any sort of a substantial challenge to their arch rivals, Celtic, in their pursuit of clinching the domestic league silverware.
However, the incoming of Pedro Caixinha to the managerial hot-seat has been seen as a change of resurrection by the Rangers faithful. With a baptism of fire lying ahead of him, he needs to strike the right chords next season. The jury should be out until the former Al Gharafa boss gets a transfer window to pluck his necessary targets and a substantial period to prove his intrinsic value.
Forming a core team should hold a paramount importance and one of the blossoming youngsters which Caixinha should target is Kilmarnock midfielder Greg Kiltie. The 20-year-old has missed a major chunk of the ongoing campaign owing to the surgery he had to undergo on a tendon behind the knee and has garnered merely 5 appearances in the Scottish Premiership so far this campaign.
Nonetheless, he is one of the highest calibre youngsters which the Scottish football has on offer and the Light Blues could really build a team with him in their tactical nous. The Killie midfielder could ply his trade as a secondary striker as well as on the left wing and has an eye-catchy pace and energy to start off with. He has played at various levels of the Scottish national side and is touted as the next Steven Naismith, and quite rightly so.
Kiltie is a very intelligent youngster who has the requisite technical understanding of the game. Scoring goals has always been his knack and he puzzles the opponents’ defence with his movements on and off the ball. Besides, he has an excellent rate of creativity, holds the ball well in the final third and invites his teammates to run forward and damage the opposition.
The Ibrox Stadium is echoing at the top of its lungs to have a passionate player and considering the fact that Emerson Hyndman’s loan spell is nearing its end and the calibre which Kiltie has shown, he could very well fit the bill. Further, he has the experience of the Scottish top flight and can be an ideal addition to Caixinha’s squad in the summer.
