Rangers are down to their bare bones at the moment in terms of attacking options and its little wonder to see someone like Matthias Seidl linked with a move.
The report, exclusively on HITC, also saw Leopold Querfeld mentioned as a possible target for Gers boss Philippe Clement as he looks to upgrade his squad.
Austrian international Matthias Seidl is an attacking midfielder and one that could see Rangers land their own version of a Premier League legend.
Rangers could land their Kevin de Bruyne in Matthais Seidl
The 23-year old playmaker is genuinely two-footed and plays mainly as an attacking midfielder.
Under Clement, think the role that Tom Lawrence has played either as a number eight or ten and you won’t be far away, that is his skillset.
With nine goals and six assists in 29 appearances, Seidl is on course for a solid season for Rapid Vienna and it is no wonder he is attracting attention.
In an age of data analysis and statistics, there is another reason why the Austria international has a few suitors.
Using DataMB, the Rapid Vienna creator compares favourably with, arguably, one of the best players in the world in Kevin de Bruyne – the 2021/22 version anyway.
In terms of key passes, forward passes, progressive passes and carrying, there is a striking similarity.
This is exactly the sort of direction that Rangers should be taking in terms of recruitment.
Yes, we can’t afford to bring guys at the top end of the market to Ibrox anymore like when we signed Brian Laudrup or Paul Gascoigne but we can buy the next best thing.
The obvious question is, do we need another player who can play as a number eight or number ten?
Theoretically, in the summer, we will still have Lawrence, Todd Cantwell, Ianis Hagi, Alex Lowry, Sam Lammers and even Jose Cifuentes who can all play those positions, even Kieran Dowell can be thrown into the mix here.
Moving players on, as it did last year, remains a priority if we are to get the sort of squad necessary to give us the best chance of success and you can never have too many players like Kevin de Bruyne.
