Rangers and Celtic have both made opening moves to land Motherwell youngster Bailey Rice - but face competition from clubs south of the border, according to a report.
The rivals have both kicked off talks and tabled offers to the Fir Park outfit as they battle it out to land the Scotland Under-17 cap this summer. An English Premier League club is reported to have also made their interest known with the Steelmen facing a fight to keep the young starlet in Lanarkshire say the Daily Record.
Motherwell has had a number of players break through and move on over the years with the likes of David Turnbull making the switch to Celtic, Jake Hastie moving to Rangers before recently completing a move south with Paul Hartley's Hartlepool United and Alan Campbell making an impact at Luton Town - with a recent Scotland cap for his efforts.
