Rangers need to park their title celebrations tonight, as they return to Europa League action to face Slavia Prague in a crucial tie.
The Gers may be Scottish champions, but a place in the last eight of the Europa League is up for grabs, and they can’t take Slavia lightly.
They dumped Leicester out of the competition in the last round, and will now be looking to eliminate Rangers too, with Abdallah Sima certainly a man to watch.
Sima has become a wanted man off the back of his displays for Slavia, having smashed 15 goals and five assists in 24 first-team games this season.
There will be any eyes on Sima and this tie in general, but you have to expect that West Ham United will be particularly keen to watch the encounter.
West Ham seem very keen on Sima. The Mirror (January 8th, p53) claimed that he 19-year-old was a £20million January target for David Moyes, but no deal was done.
The Hammers do have a decent record when it comes to raiding Slavia, as Tomas Soucek and Vladimir Coufal have both become fan favourites since moving to East London.
Add in that Soucek has recommended Sima to West Ham, as he admitted to Ceska Televize back in December, and the Senegalese teenager appears to be high on the wish list for this summer.
Moyes and co should be viewing how Sima fares against Rangers and using that to inform their decision on whether or not to go for the wonderkid this summer.
The Gers have been almost impenetrable at the back throughout their title-winning campaign, so Sima certainly won’t have it easy against Steven Gerrard’s men.
West Ham should be fascinated to see how Sima gets on against a strong Rangers back line, and Scot Moyes will surely be watching on as a very interested spectator ahead of a possible summer swoop.
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