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title: "Glasgow Rangers: Barry Ferguson says Lyndon Dykes would provide a plan B"
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author: "jonathan radcliffe"
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published: "2020-07-24T18:20:23Z"
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# Glasgow Rangers: Barry Ferguson says Lyndon Dykes would provide a plan B

**Glasgow Rangers hero Barry Ferguson has said that Lyndon Dykes could give Steven Gerrard a plan B or plan C – something which he doesn’t have at that moment up front.**

The Gers have been linked with a move for the Australian in recent months, with his current club Livingston reportedly looking for a fee of [£2m](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8395057/Livingston-want-2m-striker-Lyndon-Dykes-Celtic-Rangers-lead-hunt-demand-star.html) for his services. Gerrard already has Alfredo Morelos and Jermain Defoe at his disposal, who scored [46](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/glasgow-rangers/leistungsdaten/verein/124) goals between them last term, but the latter’s recent hamstring injury could, by the former Liverpool man’s [own admission](https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/rangers-boss-steven-gerrard-jermain-18645869), force the Ibrox outfit into the transfer market.

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Writing for The Daily Record, Ferguson [said](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/rangers-pre-season-phoney-war-22406348):

*“Steven had already spoken about going into the transfer market for a striker anyway and the injury to Defoe might just hasten his activity in that area.*

*“It will be down to the manager, of course, but I wonder if he’ll look to bring in a different type of frontman, with Defoe and Alfredo Morelos more the wiry and low centre of gravity types?*

*“Lyndon Dykes has been mentioned and he would definitely bring something different. Yes, he can be an aerial threat, but he isn’t bad with the ball at his feet either.*

*“The style Steven plays is totally his prerogative but sometimes in this game it pays to have Plans B and C and Dykes may just offer something they don’t already boast in attack.”*

Ferguson does make a good point. At 6ft 2in, Dykes is five inches taller than Morelos and seven bigger than Defoe – his height, for a start, offers them something they don’t already have.

As a potential third-choice option, he certainly would bring a new dimension to the Gers’ play, but his goalscoring record indicates that he is not the kind of player Gerrard could rely on to score on a regular basis. He managed [12](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/lyndon-dykes/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/347138) goals in all competitions last term, which is his highest ever return – that is some way off the 29 and 17 Morelos and Defoe managed respectively last season.

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As such, Gerrard needs to be sure exactly how to use the [£428,000-valued](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/lyndon-dykes/marktwertverlauf/spieler/347138) 24-year-old – as per Transfermarkt – if he does manage to convince him to move to Glasgow.

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