Premier League giants Liverpool reportedly want to take Josh McPake away from Rangers, as do Roma and Borussia Monchengladbach.
Rangers are hoping to tie down highly-rated youngster Josh McPake to a new contract before the Scottish Premiership giants fly out for a pre-season training camp in Portugal later this week, according to the Daily Record.
Two years after losing a brilliant young midfielder by the name of Billy Gilmour to Premier League giants Chelsea, speculation suggests that McPake could follow in his footsteps.
The winger has just 12 months remaining on his deal at Ibrox and Steven Gerrard, who is a ‘huge fan’ of McPake, is facing up to the prospect of losing the youngster to his former employers Liverpool.
The Champions League winners have joined AS Roma and Borussia Monchengladbach in the race for McPake.
But Rangers have not given up hope of keeping hold of a player who rejected a contract extension as recently as March. The Record claims that the Glasgow giants have re-opened talks and are praying that a new, three-year deal can be agreed in the next few days.
History is chock-full of fresh-faced teenagers who have made the step up far too soon and become little more than a very small fish in a massive pond.
But for every Islam Feruz, there is a Billy Gilmour. The uber-talented playmaker has made a huge impact in Chelsea’s academy and it remains to be seen if the prospect of learning under Jürgen Klopp is too much for McPake to turn down.
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