Former Glasgow Rangers youth Lawrence Shankland is linked with Celtic, but does he only have eyes for Ibrox?
Reported Celtic target Lawrence Shankland has told BBC’s Off the Ball radio program that he would like a second shot at succeeding at Rangers.
Wales Online have reported in recent weeks that Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers is a fan of the former Rangers youth, who is ripping up the Scottish Championship this season.
The 23-year-old hitman has netted 28 goals in all competitions for Ayr United, making him one of Scotland’s most exciting strikers at the moment.
Shankland spent time with Rangers as a much younger player, and the man himself admits that he’d find it hard to turn down his boyhood side.
He told BBC’s Off the Ball radio program: “I was there when I was a young boy, only for around 10 months.
Asked if he had ‘unfinished business’ at Ibrox, Shankland said: ‘I hope so. It [Rangers] was my team.”
Celtic arguably need him more than the Gers for now, after Leigh Griffiths was ruled out for a number of months, leaving Odsonne Edouard as Brendan Rodgers’s only recognised striker.
But Shankland clearly only has eyes for Rangers and it’ll be interesting to see if Steven Gerrard – who himself needs another goalscorer after cancelling Umar Sadiq’s loan – makes a move for the star.
Shankland, also linked with Swansea City, is available for only £500,000.
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