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Rangers are in talks to sign Bolton Wanderers striker Josh Magennis, according to The Belfast Telegraph.
What’s the story?
The Gers already have two quality attacking options at the club in Jermain Defoe and Alfredo Morelos but arguably need a third to challenge on multiple trophy fronts and give manager Steven Gerrard tactical flexibility next season.
Kyle Lafferty had a difficult 2018/19 season and, as reported by The Scottish Sun late last month, he has been told he has no Rangers future.
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One option Rangers are apparently looking at to replace the striker is his international teammate Magennis, who The Belfast Telegraph report could be available on the cheap this summer due to Bolton’s financial woes.
The paper say that the Gers are currently speaking to the player’s representatives about a potential switch to Ibrox.
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What Rangers need?
With 41 caps for Northern Ireland and a wealth of experience in both the Scottish Premiership and English League One, Magennis is an experienced operator, with his physical game having the ability to prove useful in breaking down opposition defences and bringing teammates into the game around him.
Unfortunately though his scoring output simply isn’t at a level Rangers fans would expect from a striker and in fact the evidence suggests he would barely be an upgrade on Kyle Lafferty.
Magennis has never scored more than ten league goals in a single season and in Scotland, after spells at Aberdeen, St Mirren and Kilmarnock, managed to reach double figures in the Premiership just once in six seasons.
Supporters of the Gers will be expecting a higher quality of player to be arriving at Ibrox if Lafferty leaves and Magennis isn’t the answer.
His arrival also does little to protect the club against a potential Alfredo Morelos departure.
If this is the kind of target the club are looking at this summer, they’re likely to make little inroads on catching Celtic next term and the recruitment team at Ibrox must think again on filling the squad with below par players.