Philippe Clement spoke about using the academy more and of signing homegrown players, however, he is one Scottish player down in his squad since taking over the Ibrox hotseat.It is an issue that must be addressed as the flow of promising Scots leaving the SPFL continues to accelerate.Players no longer see Rangers as the automatic next step in their careers, but the manager can now point to Barron as an example of being more than happy to play Scots – if they are good enough.
One player who is, according to Barry Ferguson, is Lennon Miller, a player linked to Rangers in the summer.Motherwell would want a club record fee to surpass the £3m that Celtic paid for David Turnbull for the talented teen but Ferguson thinks he could be a shrewd acquistion, speaking on The Go Radio Football Show he said:
“I do think there are players who are certainly good enough.
“Talking from a Rangers point of view, Derek (a fan phoning into the show) mentions a young guy that we’ve spoken about on a number of occasions, young Lennon Miller.