Rangers fans in the Transfer Tavern have had to endure a difficult season, partly due to watching their arch-rivals Celtic enjoy a historic campaign that could see them Bhoys remain unbeaten for their entire league campaign.
Major improvements are needed during the summer from Pedro Caixinha’s side in the close-season if they are to close the gap on Celtic next season and our landlord believes trusting in youth could be the ideal policy for the Portuguese boss.
Celtic’s trust in youth has helped them excel this season with the likes of Moussa Dembele, Kieran Tierney and Patrick Roberts impressing and the fans in the bar believe they too have young players capable of tearing the SPL apart next season.
With the help of our landlord, they’ve jotted down two names of young players they’re expecting to impress Caixinha in pre-season and push towards regular involvement in the club’s first-team campaign next term.
Liam Kelly
The 21-year-old goalkeeper has been a member of Rangers’ first-team for the past few years, excelling during the club’s time out of the top-flight, and he’s continued to impress this season during a loan spell with Livingston.
In his return to Rangers this summer, Kelly will be keen to show’s he capable of playing between the sticks for the club in the SPL campaign and in the Europa League; with pre-season standing as the ideal opportunity for him to stake a claim for that opening.
Ross McCrorie
19-year-old defender Ross McCrorie has earned an array of opportunities away from the top-tier of Scottish football in loan spells with Ayr United and Dumbarton but he’s due to return to the club this summer, where he’ll be keen on making an impression in the first-team.
Rangers could hand him the opportunity to shine in their pre-season campaign and he could be a crucial asset next season, as the Scottish side look to balance their quest to dethrone Celtic from the summit of the SPL with involvement in the Europa League.
