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Rangers fans respond to Dapo Mebude message

General view of Ibrox Stadium ahead of the Ladbrokes Scottish Premiership match between Rangers and Hibernian at Ibrox Stadium on August 12, 2017 i...
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Ibrox side Glasgow Rangers have a young star in Dapo Mebude.

General view of Ibrox Stadium ahead of the Ladbrokes Scottish Premiership match between Rangers and Hibernian at Ibrox Stadium on August 12, 2017 in Glasgow, Scotland.

Rangers talent Dapo Mebude enhanced his reputation this weekend.

The 17-year-old striker scored one and set up two more as Scotland Under-19s dismantled San Marino 5-0 yesterday.

Rangers have a number of rising stars, but Mebude is right up there with the best of them.

In fact, Gers boss Steven Gerrard took him to Russia for the 4-3 defeat by Spartak Moscow in the Europa League earlier this month, though he failed to make the bench.

Still, it was an excellent experience for the youngster and here is how Rangers supporters reacted to his post-match tweet on Saturday.

He might only be 17, but it’ll be interesting to see if Gerrard plays him in the senior side this season.

Gerrard has Alfredo Morelos and Kyle Lafferty, sure, but there might be room for another striker from now until January because Umar Sadiq looks to have gone off the boil.

It seems very unlikely that the Roma loanee will pull on a Rangers shirt again, so Mebude might well fancy his chances of making squads for Premiership games in the near future.

General Views of Ibrox Stadium before the Ladbrokes Scottish Premiership match between Rangers and Hamilton Academical at Ibrox Stadium on August 6, 2016 in Glasgow, Scotland.