Kenny Dalglish claims Rangers would love to keep Liverpool’s Ryan Kent at Ibrox

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Liverpool’s Ryan Kent thrived during his loan spell at Rangers this season.

Kenny Dalglish has admitted that Liverpool loanee Ryan Kent had an ‘excellent’ season at Rangers and it won’t surprise him if there is interest in his services from elsewhere.

The Anfield legend stated that Steven Gerrard would ‘love’ to keep him at Ibrox beyond this season after he played a big part in the Light Blues showing big signs of improvements this term.

The 22-year-old’s performances in his first season in Scotland saw him rewarded by his peers as he was named the PFA’s Young Player of the Year.

Given the high quality on show at Liverpool, Kent will find it difficult breaking into Jurgen Klopp’s team, but Dalglish believes there is still a place for him at Rangers next season.

“The director of football, Mark Allen, will be working away on that, and they already have players such as Jordan Jones and Jake Hastie secured,” Dalglish told The Sunday Post. “One player they would love to keep, I’m sure, is Ryan Kent.

“He has had an excellent season, and his loan move from Liverpool has worked out extremely well for the lad, and for Rangers and Liverpool. Nobody would be surprised if there is interest in him from elsewhere, and Liverpool will decide from the three options open to them – keep him, sell him or put him back out on loan.

“Rangers would like to have him again, and he is a player who has lit up the team on several occasions this season. Ryan has coped superbly well with the mental pressure of playing in front of 50,000 fans every other week.”

If Gerrard can add Kent to his squad for the following campaign then it’ll bode very well in his quest to win the Scottish Premiership title.

Not only does Kent fit Gerrard’s system, but he wouldn’t need to settle in and he can push on even further next term which would be a big positive for the Ibrox supporters.

But if he does leave then Gerrard will have a big void to fill and he may need to sign a couple of players just to replace the Liverpool academy product.