Ibrox side Glasgow Rangers are linked with a move for the 23-year-old.
Ryan Stevenson has told The Glasgow Evening Times that his former Hearts team-mate Jamie Walker will thrive at Rangers, if he joins the Ibrox club.
The 23-year-old has been heavily linked with a move to the Gers in recent days.
But Hearts boss Ian Cathro told STV this week that Walker will not leave the club for anything less than £1 million, after a £500,000 was knocked back.
Rangers finished 39 points behind Premiership champions Celtic last season, but they remain a huge club and the Scotland Under-21 international can expect an increase in pressure to perform if he joins – especially at that fee.
But Stevenson, who spent a total of four years at the Jambos, says that Walker will thrive on the expectation at Ibrox.
“At Rangers you’ve got to enjoy that [being the centre of attention] so I don’t see playing at Ibrox fazing him,” he told The GET.
“Being the boy he is, he enjoys that kind of thing. He has played there before and Rangers are obviously a massive club in the world but knowing the way Jamie is he will use that as a positive not a negative.”
Rangers boss Pedro Caixinha has brought five new faces to the Glasgow giants this summer.
Daniel Candeias is the latest addition to the playing staff after the former Benfica man followed Bruno Alves, Ryan Jack, Fabio Cardoso and Dalcio – on loan – to Ibrox.
The aim for the club this season will be to bridge the gap between them and their Old Firm rivals. Thirty nine points is far too much and Caixinha will attempt to restore an element of competitiveness to the division.
He has got off to a good start.
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