The January transfer window isn’t too far away as links to players like Lennon Miller appear and Philippe Clement will be looking to strengthen Rangers and prepare for the challenges to come.
The rumours have started and it will be interesting to see where the Gers boss looks to add to his squad first.
One of the names mentioned is Lennon Miller of Motherwell and the Scotland youth cap would be a welcome return to the sort of signing strategy that Philippe Clement needs to see success return to Rangers.
Lennon Miller links point to change of plan for Rangers
The young midfielder is one of the country’s most promising and the fact that Celtic have been linked too tells it’s own story.
There is a well known weakness in Rangers squad in that there simply isn’t enough quality home grown players in it.
Developing our own is one option but buying the best from around the country is a tactic that Walter Smith and other managers have used to good effect.
David Robertson, Ian Ferguson and Alan McLaren, to name but a few players who were key in our nine in a row success.
Why Lennon Miller move makes sense for Rangers
Lennon Miller has been playing for Motherwell’s first team for some time now and, alongside Bailey Rice and Alex Lowry, would represent a balanced trio of Scottish options for each midfield position.
There are players like Josh Doig, Aaron Hickey and Lewis Ferguson who Rangers have missed out on for a variety of reasons and it is a talent pool that doesn’t provide a wealth of options each season.
Connor Barron at Aberdeen is another that, if we are considering Miller, then the Scotland Under-21 captain should also be getting looked at given he is out of contract at the end of the season.
Under Steven Gerrard, our back-ups would be players like Jack Simpson, Brandon Barker and Jordan Jones when they should have been ones that could count towards our home-grown quota like Stephen Kelly and Ross McCrorie.
Philippe Clement hasn’t been Rangers manager for long but he has already seen that Ross McCausland can be trusted, that Alex Lowry is doing well at Hearts and that Leon King has plenty of time on his side to return to regular first-team action.
Adding Lennon Miller to Bailey Rice and, all of a sudden, the Scottish contingent is looking a lot stronger than it has done for years.
