Rangers are in pursuit of Dundee centre-back Luke Graham ahead of the summer transfer window.
The Ibrox outfit have been laying the groundwork to bring the 22-year-old to Glasgow this summer amid growing interest in him.
Dundee rejected a club-record bid of £1.5million from Portsmouth in January, while other clubs in England and Europe have been keeping tabs on the defender.
Meanwhile, Rangers are said to have open talks over a deal to sign Graham, who is thought to have already agreed personal terms to join Danny Rohl’s side.
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Dundee boss Stephen Pressley drops Graham exit revelation
Stephen Pressley has now shed light on Graham’s future at Dundee, admitting that the match against Aberdeen on Sunday might have been his last appearance for the club.
The Dark Blues manager, who previously name-dropped Rangers when speaking about interest in the Scot, admitted that he continues to be a wanted man ahead of the summer.
Therefore, he believes fans may have already seen the last of Graham in a Dundee shirt, although he hopes he is proven wrong.
Pressley also reserved praise for the Rangers target for the way he did not let the speculation around his future affect his performances this season.
Asked if it was a farewell, he said, via the Daily Record: “Possibly. We don’t know how the activity will go, but what we do know is there’s a lot of interest in him. A lot of interest.
“We’ve taken a lot of calls on him. So it might be the last time the supporters see him in a Dundee shirt. But it may not be.
“I think his performances and the way he’s gone about things, he’s been an example to everybody in the way he’s handled the pressures of the speculation. So let’s hope it’s not his farewell, but it could be.”
Graham only played a handful of minutes on Sunday after coming on as an 86th-minute substitute, and Pressley has disclosed that he did it to allow the player to say goodbye to the fans at Dens Park.
He added, “There was a little bit of that, but also I wanted to win the game. I thought that set plays could be quite decisive.
“So I wanted more physicality there, but equally I wanted to get him on the pitch.”
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Why Rangers should sign Graham
Dan Purdy has personally been running the rule over Graham, attending matches to scout him – and it is easy to see why he has been so impressed.
Meanwhile, Pressley has backed the defender to play in the Premier League, which is as strong an endorsement as any young Scottish defender can get.
At 22, he already has the composure and reading of the game that most centre-backs take years to learn and develop.
Under Rohl‘s stewardship at Ibrox, Graham would have the perfect environment to take the next step in his career as a player.
The fact that Dundee turned down £1.5m in January speaks volumes about his quality and importance, so it is imperative that Rangers move swiftly to get a deal over the line to avoid seeing him move south of the border.
