Rangers starlet Chris McKee has enjoyed a strong start to the season at B team level.
Ahead of the 2020/21 campaign, the Gers added three highly-rated teenage attackers to the Academy ranks.
Charlie Lindsay was brought in from Glentoran, Tony Weston moved north from Blackpool and James Graham signed from Ross County.
Yet, it’s a forward who was already a part of the youth setup who has been producing the goods so far.
The B team is intended to be the bridge between the age-group sides and the first team and Chris McKee will certainly be coming to Steven Gerrard’s attention given his returns in recent weeks.
The 18-year-old’s latest contribution was a first-half strike in a 2-1 defeat to Dundee Reserves on Tuesday afternoon.
The goal was McKee’s sixth for the B team so far this season, which is double the number scored by his closest challengers Dapo Mebude, Glenn Middleton and Ross McCausland [Rangers Youth Updates].
Mebude has a first-team appearance to his name while Middleton played 28 times for the Gers during the 2018/19 campaign, so McKee is outshining some very talented attackers.
It’s the Northern Ireland youth international’s third season at Rangers and it seems that he’s really starting to excel.
The presence of Alfredo Morelos, Kemar Roofe, Cedric Itten and Jermain Defoe at the club must make it difficult for Academy forwards to see a direct route to the first team at present.
Yet, McKee is thriving against senior opposition and he’s sent a message to the Rangers manager with his impressive early-season efforts.
