There is a shortage of players around the SPFL who Rangers could buy this summer who are Scottish and who would genuinely make the first team better.
The obvious one is Lennon Miller, signing Greg Taylor from Celtic would be controversial, however, it would be a hard argument to suggest that he isn’t better than what is currently in the Rangers squad.
Other than them, Lawrence Shankland is out of form and looks like a shadow of his former self, but on a Bosman, and as one of four strikers, a lot of Rangers fans would probably still welcome the known Bluenose.
Another former Dundee Utd striker who is of a Light Blue persuasion has been speaking about his time at Ibrox, however, Duncan Ferguson was of a considerably higher profile.
Signed for a British record transfer fee, Ferguson was one of the most sought after talents in the country and tipped to be the natural successor to Hall of Fame legend Mark Hateley.
Duncan Ferguson names his Rangers heroes and played with two
Speaking on the Stick to Football podcast/YouTube show Ferguson gave an insight into what made him tick as a youngster in an eventful life, on and off the pitch.
When asked who were the players that he looked up to in the Rangers dressing room he joined, it wasn’t a surprise who he named:
“Ian Durrant, who came down to Everton with me. I loved Durranty. I loved Durrant.
“I followed Ally (McCoist) and Durrant around. I was a Rangers boy, and they were my idols. They were my heroes.
“I mean, David Cooper was my idol, and I was on the terraces, no all the time because I was always playing on a Saturday, but I’d watch the Rangers now and again, and Ally and Durrant, they were my men. I used to room with Ally when I was a kid, and I idolised him, you know.”
Was Ferguson the right player at the wrong time?
Ferguson talked about how successful a team he was joining for over £4m in 1993.
It wasn’t just McCoist and Hateley that were leading the line, Gordon Durie had also been signed in 1993, followed by Brian Laudrup in 1994.
Even without the injuries, Ferguson would have struggled to force his way to a team that had come within a whisker of reaching the Champions League final.
A 6ft 4inch tall target man shouldn’t be found on the left wing and yet this is where Walter Smith sometimes shoehorned the Scotland international striker in, just to give him minutes.
Ferguson spoke about his regrets at how things ended at Rangers, how he didn’t make the grade and how he felt that he let Smith down.
The reality, is that Scottish football and the Scottish press let Ferguson down and a generational talent was lost to the country.
