Rangers’ reply to Max Dowman may take the no.10 shirt from Kim

Glasgow Rangers supervisor Derek McInnes and the recruitment group have already got one eye on the January switch window, regardless of it nonetheless being October.

It was just lately revealed that the Scottish Premiership giants are certainly one of numerous golf equipment within the race to signal Arsenal winger Max Dowman on mortgage firstly of 2027.

The Premier League giants are weighing up whether or not or to not ship the England youth worldwide out on mortgage for the second half of the season, and the Gers are one of many sides hoping to deliver him in.

Dowman turns 17 in December and shall be eligible to signal knowledgeable contract with the Gunners, which is able to then permit him to move out on mortgage in January.

Why Rangers might keep away from a deal for Max Dowman

The 16-year-old ahead is an undeniably thrilling younger expertise who can be an fascinating addition to the squad, on condition that he grew to become the youngest goalscorer in Premier League historical past in opposition to Everton final season.

Dowman additionally scored 20 objectives and supplied ten assists in 25 matches for Arsenal’s U18s earlier than his first-team breakthrough, which means that he may arrive at Ibrox to offer a giant menace on the high finish of the pitch.

Nevertheless, signing the English teenager on mortgage would imply that the membership would solely be kicking the can down the highway as a result of they’d then want to interchange him on the finish of the season, as they’d not have the possibility to signal him completely from the Gunners.

Previous to Badredine Bouanani’s arrival this summer time on mortgage, the Gentle Blues had not signed any of the earlier seven loanee attackers since Amad Diallo joined within the 2021/22 marketing campaign.

Rangers ought to, due to this fact, be searching for a extra everlasting answer to their issues within the last third, in order that they don’t have to continuously search for a brand new star attacker in each window.

Rangers have already got their very own Max Dowman

The Gentle Blues did try to unravel their drawback by spending £8.5m on the signing of Min-su Kim from Girona within the current summer time window, however he has not had the most effective of begins at Ibrox.

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He has had loads of good touches and thrilling moments, averaging 2.2 dribbles per recreation, however the Rangers quantity ten has but to ship a objective or an help in six Premiership outings.

McInnes might not have to dip into the switch market to signal Dowman to interchange Kim, although, as a result of there’s an academy prospect who has the potential to interrupt into the first-team and seize the quantity ten shirt from the South Korean expertise.

In the summertime of 2025, the Scottish giants swooped to signal teenage winger Zebadee Lawson from Premier League aspect Brighton & Hove Albion on a everlasting deal.

Head of academy scouting James Fowler famous that the ahead had “enormous potential” on the time, and he has already proven flashes of that in his 14 months or so at Ibrox.

The 17-year-old made his debut within the 5-0 win over Annan within the SFA Cup in January, earlier than he made his Premiership debut in opposition to Falkirk in Might, taking one shot and finishing each of his tried passes in ten minutes on the pitch.

Lawson is at the moment on mortgage at Queen’s Park FC within the Championship, as a part of a deal that additionally permits him to play for Rangers B, and has delivered one objective and two assists in eight appearances in all competitions this season.

The teenage expertise produced his first senior help in a 3-1 win over Queen of the South for Queen’s Park within the League Cup again in August, displaying that he can step up in a first-team setting.

Lawson is a left-footed winger who predominantly performs on the appropriate aspect of the assault, chopping in on his favoured foot, and will emerge as a contender to take Kim’s place in that place for McInnes’ aspect.

Whether or not he comes again to Ibrox in January or is introduced again into the fold on the finish of the season, the previous Brighton teenager might be the membership’s personal model of Dowman, which signifies that the Gers don’t have to compete for his signature in January.

Lawson is a teenage ahead, just like the Arsenal teenager, who performs in the identical place and with an identical type, and the Gentle Blues ought to prioritise giving him probabilities to shine as a substitute of bringing in a short-term answer to develop one other membership’s participant.

If given the possibility to develop and shine at Ibrox, the 17-year-old teenager may break by means of and ultimately take Kim’s quantity ten shirt from him, if the 20-year-old expertise continues to wrestle in entrance of objective.