Rangers have a host of players away on loan at the minute.
Some of them, like Ryan Hardie and Greg Docherty are genuinely elsewhere to gain experience and to attempt to force a way into the first team reckonings for next season.
Others, like Joe Dodoo and Jason Holt are realistically not going to get another look in at Ibrox. Therefore, the loan move gives them a chance to play and to put themselves in the shop window, while off the Gers’ wage bill.
Eduardo Herrera belongs to the latter group.
The £720k-rated [
Transfermarkt] striker is currently at Necaxa, after spending the first half of the season with Santos Laguna.
This stint has been more successful in relative terms. He’s scored three times at his current adopted side, in comparison to drawing a blank for Laguna.
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However, a combination of injury and lack of form means he hasn’t netted since 20 January, in an away win at Lobos [Transfermarkt].
If this barren spell continues, it may be hard to secure any furture loan deals.
Herrera will still be contracted to Rangers next season, on a deal reportedly worth over £20,000 -a-week [Daily Record].
That’s a very substantial wage and if he’s back on the books again, it could have an impact on Rangers’ spending power.
Necaxa still have four fixtures remaining in the Liga MX Clausura. Therefore, the 30-year-old still has a chance to turn it around and either earn a permanent deal there or alternatively, to show potential suitors he still has an eye for goal.
If he fails to do so, he may end up providing Gerrard with a costly problem this summer.
