Rangers have started to show some intent in the transfer market as they are looking to end Celtic’s domination in the Scottish Premiership. Gers have been in the shadows of their rivals since Brendan Rodgers took over and they seem to have fallen way behind of their rivals.
Their former manager Graeme Murty was shown the door after they lost 4-0 to Celtic in the Scottish Cup semi-final and they have taken a huge punt by appointing the inexperienced former Liverpool midfielder, Steven Gerrard. The inspirational midfielder’s only managing experience was with the Liverpool u18 team and Rangers have brought him into the firing line to resurrect their future.
After snapping up Scott Arfield for free, Gerrard has set his sights on Liverpool striker Dominic Solanke. The Englishman has started just six games this season for Jurgen Klopp and the former Liverpool captain will be hoping that his relationship with the club and board will help him in landing the out of favour English forward at the Ibrox stadium on loan.
One cannot blame the Liverpool manager for not giving enough opportunities to Solanke as their front three has been in an incredible form this season. Solanke did find some game time in the last few games of the Premier League and managed to score his first goal in their last encounter against Brighton and Hove Albion which helped them secure a top 4 finish in the English top flight.
Solanke joined the Merseyside club from Chelsea in hope of more consistent and regular game time but he must have been left frustrated after he has been on the bench for most of the season. A loan move will probably be the right way forward for both the player and the club as it is too soon to sell a talent like him.
Rangers will certainly be boosted if they manage to get Solanke and they would be backing on Gerrard’s relationship with Liverpool to get their man. Solanke is a proper number 9 and he has got everything to succeed at the top level. He has done extremely well for England at the youth level tournaments and at just 20 he has already made his senior team debut when he came on against Brazil in the 75th minute as a substitute.
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It will be interesting to see whether Klopp will send him on loan as even though Liverpool might have the best-attacking force. However, if one of the front three goes out injured, they don’t really have that many options apart from Danny Ings. So Klopp might be a bit susceptible to send him away for a long period of time.
