SCOTT WRIGHT has been tipped to achieve greatness at Rangers by a former teammate.
Greg Stewart played with Wright at both Aberdeen and the Ibrox club for short periods.
So the attacking midfielder has a good idea of what the 24-year-old is capable of.
Wright became an important player under Giovanni van Bronckhorst by the end of last season.
He started in the Europa League final and bagged the winning goal in the Scottish Cup final against Hearts.
During the first half of last term, it remained to be seen whether Wright would make the grade at Ibrox.
But after a string of impressive showings on the right wing, Wright has certainly shown he can be an influential attacker in van Bronckhorst's starting XI.
It’s those sort of displays which former Rangers player Stewart reckons will soon see Wright in Steve Clarke's Scotland squad.
He told the Daily Record: “If you do well for Rangers you’re going to be looked at straight away for the Scotland team. That’s just what happens.
“If you play for Celtic or Rangers and you’re producing the goods consistently it will only be a matter of time before you get that call to join the Scotland squad and hopefully that happens for Scott. When Gio took over the team, he did struggle a wee bit at first.
“But by the end of the season he was a starter. As a player the more appearances you can string together in a row, the more confidence you build. You start to develop a feel-good factor and a bit of belief.
“You start to believe you can actually be a Rangers player and a guy the manager can depend on. Gio managed to give Scott that run of games and it showed in his performances.
“It paid off in the cup final with his goal. Hopefully that’s the start of a big summer for Scotty and he can pick up again where he finished off at Hampden.
“He’s taken that next step up by joining Rangers and of course it will take time to adjust and build on your performances. When I was still at Rangers, he joined in the January. But right away he started doing a lot of stuff in the gym to try and build himself up.
“You can see now he’s filled out a wee bit but he’s not done yet. He’s still young and has a lot of time on his hands to improve and become a really good player for Rangers.”
Stewart worked with Clarke for six-months on loan at Kilmarnock.
And he reckons Wright could help to facilitate his preferred 3-5-2 formation, or even provide Clarke with another option to change things up.
He added: "Scotland obviously play with three at the back to ensure they can fit both Kieran Tierney and Andy Robertson into the same line-up.
"Steve obviously thinks that system works so he sticks with it.
“But he might be thinking about a change after the last few results and having someone like Scotty in there would give them another option when it comes to providing width higher up. But it’s up to Steve to decide if he changes it or not.”
