With Alfredo Morelos leaving Rangers and Kemar Roofe struggling for fitness, Michael Beale could do with someone like Jonson Clarke-Harris as his new number nine.
The 28-year old Peterborough United striker is entering the last year of his contract after firing his side into the League 1 play-offs.
A return to the Championship and another possible relegation battle might not appeal to Rangers-linked Johnson Clarke-Harris who has just scored his 26th league goal of the season and who was interested in a move to Ibrox before.
With 30 goals and assists in the league and 33 in total over the campaign, few would bet against him taking his side to Wembley once again.
This is the sort of consistency that Rangers need in front of goal to kill teams off in the first-half rather than having to endure nervy affairs week, after week.
Michael Beale will be looking for someone to stop us being so “wasteful” in front of goal.
What role would Jonson Clarke-Harris play for Rangers?
Does he have the technical ability for the Champions League? Probably not.
As one of four strikers though, especially with the Rangers manager preferring to play two up front, he could be a real asset.
There is another quality that the reportedly £5m-rated Jonson Clarke-Harris has that all of Rangers strikers apart from Fashion Sakala don’t have – reliability.
With 52 appearances this season, he has barely missed a minute of football and it is an attribute that Rangers fans would appreciate more after the last couple of seasons.
A manager having to pick whoever is available rather than who is on form has hindered us massively over the last 18-months.
Successful Rangers teams of the past have always been able to rotate or pick the best player for the job.
Jonson Clarke-Harris would replace Antonio Colak as a goal scoring option, add a couple of more versatile creators who can chip in with goals and Rangers will be doing ok.
If we are looking to revisit our previous interest for a player who openly admitted that they were keen to come to Ibrox, I’m sure Barry Fry will let us know, sooner, or later.
