Former Glasgow Rangers manager Alex McLeish has told Ibrox News that Steven Gerrard will regret not signing Lyndon Dykes.

Dykes the one that got away

The Gers were heavily linked with Dykes over the summer before he eventually moved to QPR for a fee believed to be in the region of £2m.

Discussing the 54-time Scottish champions' interest in the 25-year-old, McLeish appears to believe that the Gers should have done more to secure his services. He said:

"I don’t really want to criticise Rangers because they’ve done so well in strengthening their squad over the summer.

"And you can’t argue with signing Kemar Roofe.

"I’ve got to say, though, that I felt that Dykes was someone they would go for, in terms of the squad.

"Back in the day when I was at Rangers and we had a successful period, I brought it Kris Boyd and Steven Thompson, and they were both confident and knew their way around the Scottish game.

"They may think that that’s one they missed out on with Dykes but Steven Gerrard is the only one who can really answer that."

Doing well without him

It has been a good few months for Australia-born Dykes. Since his move to London, he has three goals in nine matches for the Rs, and he also has two strikes in six caps for Scotland after making his international debut this season. He has also received plenty of praise, with QPR boss Mark Warburton saying his work-ethic is "outstanding".

However, it doesn't seem like the Gers are missing his signature. They are currently top of the Premiership by nine points, whilst they are also joint-top of their Europa League group. In fact, they have not lost a single game in 20 matches in all competitions. Whilst Dykes may be a good player, he does not appear to be someone Gerrard is crying out for.

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