Barry Ferguson says Lyndon Dykes is a guaranteed 20 goals for Rangers as he labelled the Scotland star as a 'no risk signing'.
Michael Beale is currently undergoing a summer overhaul at the Light Blues with hard work going on behind the scenes with big decisions already made. Before the season ended the club announced the departure of five stars including Alfredo Morelos and Ryan Kent. The latter and team-mate Scott Arfield have since found new clubs while the incomings are already underway with Sam Lammers joining to beef up the attack from Atalanta.
He will be joined by pre-contract trio Kieran Dowell, Dujon Sterling and Jack Butland with further reinforcements set to arrive at Ibrox in the coming weeks and months as they bid to dethrone Celtic and make a bid to reach the Champions League group stage once again.
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One man who is no stranger to Beale is Dykes - who continues to improve game by game on the international scene for Steve Clarke. He popped up with a crucial leveller in Norway that sparked an incredible comeback and Ferguson is CERTAIN he is a ready made Rangers No9.
The former Ibrox skipper believes he would be a SENSATION in a Light Blues shirt as he urged his former club to act now and not miss the boat - like they did on Billy Gilmour.
Writing in his Daily Record column, he said: "The more I watch our national team go from strength to strength under Steve Clarke, the more certain I am that Dykes is a ready made Rangers no.9. Put it this way, if I was Michael Beale I’d be all over the big man right now.
"They’ve already worked together at QPR so the manager knows exactly what he’d be getting if he did bring the Aussie back over the border.
"I know there will be some fans out there rolling their eyes at the thought of it but I don’t care what anyone else says, he’d be an absolute sensation in a Rangers shirt.
"I remember thinking the same thing when he was at Livingston and the higher up he goes in the game, the better he’s becoming.
"He’s not just a big throw back of a centre forward, although there is no doubt his physicality is one of his biggest strengths. He ruffled defenders up, he wins everything in the air, he knows where the back of the net is and he works his backside off.
"But, technically, he’s a lot better than most people give him credit for. He can take the ball down and bring others into play - which is exactly the job Alfredo Morelos did for the team when he was fit and looking interested.
"So, yes, if I was Beale I wouldn’t think twice because it would be a no risk signing and Dykes would guarantee him 20 goals a season as well as everything else he would bring as a focal point for the side.
"There’s a lot of talk of him being linked with Championship clubs like Millwall now he’s going into the final year of his contract at Loftus Road. For something like £2m? It’s an absolute no brainer for my old team."
