Ryan Kent has been sensational for Ibrox side Glasgow Rangers.
Hearts defender Michael Smith has told Deadline News that Rangers winger Ryan Kent is up there with the best players he has ever faced.
Kent has been a revelation since joining Rangers on loan from Liverpool last summer.
The 22-year-old’s progress has been so remarkable, in fact, that the Reds have slapped a £12 million asking price on him [The Echo].
Smith played and was sent off in a 3-1 defeat at Ibrox back in October, a game where he had the unenviable task of marking the left-sided attacker, who scored.
Kent and Alfredo Morelos are expected to be nominated for Premiership Player of the Year shortly, but the Northern Ireland international says that the Englishman has his vote.
He told Deadline News: “I’ve come up against Kent directly and he’s a great player. His speed, his charge of direction, his acceleration. He’s as good as anyone I’ve ever played against and as a winger he’s got what you need to get past players.
“Ryan Kent is my player of the year. I can’t think of anyone else who has been as consistently good so I would vote for him. Morelos scores goals although he has a disciplinary record that is not great.”
Fortunately for Smith, Kent is suspended for this afternoon’s visit of the Gers.
He received a retrospective two-match ban for his altercation with Scott Brown after the fiery Old Firm at Parkhead last month.
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