Rangers midfield struggled against the low block of Aberdeen at Ibrox, the lack of a player to dictate play and break lines was sorely missed – in the same weekend Lewis Ferguson took the next step in his Bologna career.
The 24-year old Scotland international has made a big impression since moving to Italy and has well and truly left the SPFL behind him.
Perennially linked with a move to Rangers, Lewis Ferguson would improve the engine room no end, however, having skippered Bologna at the weekend, he is considerably out of our price range now.
Rangers must rue day they turned nose up at Lewis Ferguson
Out of the Scottish and home-grown players who have been mentioned as potential targets in recent seasons, the nephew of Gers legend Barry would be the only one who would be a cert to start when he is fit.
Josh Doig is a talented left-back but wouldn’t have signed with Borna Barisic and Calvin Bassey still at the club.
The same applies with Aaron Hickey but Nathan Patterson and James Tavernier were the incumbent right backs.
Lewis Ferguson has proven beyond all doubt that he could have been a key player for Rangers, but there would have been little chance of Aberdeen being as easy to deal with as Bologna were.
Put it this way, a few pounds would have been added to his price tag.
Rangers need more domestic players but they need to be good enough.
Players like Lawrence Shankland and Kevin Nisbet have been talked about in the past and there is a case for both of them too given Cyriel Dessers start to the season.
With every milestone like the one he just achieved though, Lewis Ferguson will forever be the one that got away from Rangers when it seemed like the most obvious transfer to go for in recent years.
