Ibrox side Glasgow Rangers need another centre-forward in January it seems.
Steven Thompson has told BBC Sport that he fancies former club Rangers to add more firepower when the Janaury transfer window opens next month.
Rangers began the 2018-19 campaign with three centre-forward options but only one of those, 17-goal Alfredo Morelos, is proving much value to manager Steven Gerrard.
Kyle Lafferty, a summer signing from Hearts, has struggled for form and fitness, while the Gers are expected to terminate Umar Sadiq’s loan and send him to back to Roma early.
Morelos will play no part in tomorrow’s trip to Dundee after picking up a red card in the midweek defeat by Aberdeen, and former Rangers striker Thompson reckons situations like these will convince Gerrard to add another goalscorer to his ranks next month.
He told BBC Sport: “I wouldn’t be surprised, and I think they will bring in another striker during the January window to add competition for places up front.”
Thompson is spot-on. Lafferty has only managed three goals in 11 Premiership appearances for the Ibrox side since his return, which isn’t a terrible record when you consider that seven of those were as a substitute, but it’s not a record that will comfort Rangers fans when the Colombian hitman isn’t fit to lead the line.
Another established number nine is crucial, especially given Morelos’s tendency to get himself suspended, but time will tell whether the Gers add one.
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