Gerrard claims Rangers aren’t pursuing another striker, but he may be forced to sign one

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Rangers have brought a host of signings to Ibrox this summer, with more potentially coming yet.

Rangers manager Steven Gerrard has told The Scottish Sun that he doesn’t want to go and sign a new striker, but hinted that he would do if he has to.

The Gers have been active in the transfer market, having landed Allan McGregor, Jon Flanagan, Connor Goldson, Nikola Katic, Ovie Ejaria, Scott Arfield, Jamie Murphy, Lassana Coulibaly and Umar Sadiq.

That’s nine new signings for Rangers, but new manager Gerrard may be forced to make another signing yet, given his misfiring attack.

Rangers may have hammered Bury 6-0 in a pre-season friendly, but their 2-0 win over FK Shkupi in the first leg of their Europa League qualifying clash came with a fortuitous Murphy goal and a James Tavernier penalty, whilst their second leg ended 0-0.

Rangers aren’t firing on all cylinders going forward, with Gerrard so far going with Murphy and Josh Windass either side of Alredo Morelos.

Some will say that Morelos has had his confidence dented since his terrible miss against Celtic, some will say that Windass simply can’t be relied upon to score regularly after a purple patch earlier this year, and others will suggest that the creativity in midfield is lacking.

Yet others will be calling for Rangers to sign another striker, as Eduardo Herrera’s exit this week means Morelos and Sadiq are the only recognised centre forwards at Gerrard’s disposal.

Now, Gerrard has told The Scottish Sun that he doesn’t intend to go and sign another striker, but may be forced to if his current attackers don’t show their quality in their upcoming games.

“I don’t want to go out and do that, but the games will get more difficult now,” said Gerrard. “I think if I’m candid about it, the people that can score goals and create quality for us are in that dressing room. I have said they are here.”

“We almost, with all due respect, treated these two games as pre-season. Pre-season is done now. Next week I can’t talk about tuning up and sharpening up. We are four weeks in now. Those players have to start delivering in the final third. There needs to be more quality. I can’t be any more candid about it,” he added.