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title: "Rangers: Steven Gerrard singles out Gers trio for praise"
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published: "2021-05-16T16:05:01Z"
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# Rangers: Steven Gerrard singles out Gers trio for praise

**Steven Gerrard picked out Cedric Itten, Kemar Roofe and Ryan Kent when discussing Glasgow Rangers’ best bits of business this season.**

### **The Lowdown: Busy summer**

Rangers have completed 10 transfers across the campaign ([Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.com/glasgow-rangers/alletransfers/verein/124)). Some of them have not worked out too well, such as [Bongani Zungu](https://www.footballfancast.com/rangers-news/rangers-steven-gerrard-ibrox-rfc-gers-bongani-zungu), but the majority have been inspired.

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The likes of Ianis Hagi, Jon McLaughlin and Leon Balogun [have all contributed](https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/306/Show/Scotland-Rangers) to the 55-time Scottish champions’ success this term.

### **The Latest: Gerrard pinpoints trio**

When discussing the club’s best business this season, Gerrard picked out Itten, Roofe and Kent, who have a combined value of £16.65m ([Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/rangers-fc/kader/verein/124)). He told [Sky Sports](https://twitter.com/ScotlandSky/status/1393566584145391618):

> *“In this game, over the course of a season, you always fall away for a reason.*
>
> *“It’s either a dip in form, what’s going on on the pitch, or it’s a message to yourself and the staff that you may be a few players short and it’s about going into the market and getting your recruitment right.*
>
> *“There’s no getting away from it, at times we were too heavily reliant on Alfredo Morelos, Jermain Defoe.*
>
> *“I think bringing Kemar Roofe in, bringing Cedric Itten in, keeping Ryan Kent when there was real serious interest, that was big from this board.”*

### **The Verdict: Big business**

Indeed, the attacking options Gerrard has at his disposal have been vital to the Light Blues’ success. None of the Gers’ forwards have scored a huge number of goals individually, but between the five of them they have [51](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/glasgow-rangers/leistungsdaten/verein/124) strikes – everyone has chipped at different times. The arrivals of Itten and Roofe in particular gave Gerrard more options across the season to keep opponents guessing.

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Holding on to Kent in the wake of [strong transfer interest](https://www.teamtalk.com/news/leeds-united-ryan-kent-rangers-transfer) was also crucial – he has been unplayable at times this season and has [15](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/glasgow-rangers/leistungsdaten/verein/124) assists to go with his 13 goals. Gerrard and Ross Wilson must bring in some more inspired signings if they want to maintain this season’s success.

***In other news, [many Rangers fans lauded this man’s performance against Aberdeen on Saturday.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/rangers-fc-news/rangers-gers-ibrox-steven-gerrard-joe-aribo-aberdeen-dons/)***