The two friendly fixtures Rangers have played during the winter break were handy for Philippe Clement to get minutes into his team and brush off the cobwebs but also for another reason.
What it allowed the Gers boss to do was see where his squad still needs to strengthen and there is a glaring problem in the front three.
Rangers continue to be linked with players but only Lawrence Shankland seems to be on Philippe Clement’s radar in terms of being a proper goalscorer with Sky Sports’ Mark Banstead providing an update on the speculation.
If Clement wants more goals at Ibrox and beyond, few would be a safer and wiser bet that the Hearts skipper.
With the player – obviously – said to be keen on moving across the M8, what exactly is the hold up?
Speaking on a Sky Sports update on Wednesday afternoon, 17th January, Benstead said:
“Rangers still want to bring in a forward player and there is interest in Lawrence Shankland of Hearts.
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