Lawrence Shankland contract update: Reporter shares Rangers boost

Rangers have been boosted by the most recent replace on a “improbable” new striker within the January switch window.

Rangers eyeing strikers in switch market

Philippe Clement will need some extra enterprise to be accomplished earlier than the top of the month, and there have been loads of indicators of the Gers wanting some new faces up entrance. In line with one declare, Rangers are eager on signing FC Nordsjaelland midfielder Mohamed Diomande, seeing him as a vibrant younger possibility to usher in, they usually have additionally been linked with signing present mortgage hero Abdallah Sima on a everlasting foundation.

Younger Leeds United striker Joe Gelhardt is a needed man this month, too, with a number of membership eyeing up a transfer for him, and the Gers are a type of who’re regarded as within the combine, providing him extra enjoying time than he’s presently getting at Elland Highway.

Ridvan Yilmaz is a participant who may depart Ibrox within the present window, nonetheless, with the left-back nonetheless trying to seal a transfer away from the membership. Turkish giants Galatasaray are considering securing his companies.

Rangers boosted in pursuit of Lawrence Shankland

In the meantime, talking on Sky Sports activities Information on Monday [via Ibrox News], reporter Mark Benstead stated that Rangers have been boosted of their quest to signal Lawrence Shankland, with the Hearts striker rejecting a brand new deal at his present membership.

“It’s our understanding that there’s an curiosity within the participant from Rangers. Hearts have put a brand new contract in the direction of Lawrence Shankland, however from what I’ve been informed, he won’t be signing that in its present type.”

That is definitely promising information for Rangers, seemingly enhancing their possibilities of snapping up Shankland this month, in what might be a big piece of switch enterprise. The 28-year-old looks like a participant who’s coming into his prime, and he has been lauded by Celtic supervisor Brendan Rodgers within the latest previous, who stated of him final month: “I feel it was a terrific purpose by Lawrence Shankland. He’s a improbable finisher.”

Shankland is a participant who has the flexibility to doubtlessly flip the Scottish Premiership title race in Rangers’ favour, contemplating he’s a confirmed goalscorer within the division – he leads the best way within the scoring charts for the time being – and he additionally has netted twice in seven caps for Scotland.

Whether or not Hearts enable him to go away is one other matter totally, but when the attacker digs his heels in and decides that he needs to seal a change to Ibrox, his current employers may really feel that promoting him for good cash is best than having an sad participant of their ranks.

This must be seen as precedence enterprise for Clement, given the influence that Shankland may make on the membership, and getting their man might be an enormous psychological increase over Celtic between now and the top of the season.