Rangers to challenge Celtic for striker labelled his generation’s “best number nine”

Celtic will present a challenge to Rangers in their pursuit of Wolves forward Fabio Silva.

Rangers reportedly expressed interest in the 21-year-old striker, according to earlier reports from Portugal.

Now that the striker is no longer a factor in Gary O’Neil’s Wolves team, TEAMtalk is reporting that both Rangers and Celtic are keen to recruit Fabio Silva on loan.

Both Celtic, who have struggled offensively this season, and Rangers, who have lost both Danilo and Kemar Roofe to injury, are rumored to be searching for a striker in January.

Wolves wonderkid yet to reach potential

Both sides of the Old Firm have routinely faced off in the hunt for signings and it looks like Fabio Silva and Wolves could have some thinking to do in January.

It’s clear the Molineux club highly rate the Portuguese forward, splashing a reported £35.6m to sign the striker from Porto back in 2020 following his breakthrough as a teenager.

Back then, Chinese chairman Jeff Shi branded Silva “the best number nine coming through his age group anywhere in Europe”.

That high status in the Wolves squad also hasn’t been lost in recent seasons, despite the striker’s struggles, with the club handing Fabio Silva a new contract last summer.

In order to “help him develop to be the best player he possibly can be,” Technical Director Scott Sellars stated that the Premier League team sent Silva on loan to Anderlecht after making this decision.

It would seem that Wolves are very much open to sending the striker on loan in order to maximize his potential, given that Fabio Silva has only scored once in ten appearances under the manager this season.

Rangers or Celtic for Fabio Silva?

Both Rangers and Celtic boast genuine transfer appeal to any player but especially one who is looking to get that time on the ball and those opportunities to boost his numbers.

At Wolves, Fabio Silva has to contend with his side being underdogs throughout the Premier League season whereas at the Old Firm domination is the name of the game.

Both Glasgow sides are in a title hunt and securing a player of such talent would be considered something of a coup for a Scottish side.

But if we’re taking emotions out of the situation and placing both clubs head-to-head, there is surely only one winner for both Fabio Silva and Wolves.

Potentially mediating any future trade, Nils Koppen, the new director of recruitment for Rangers, was a member of the group that brought Fabio Silva to PSV in the second half of the previous season.

Even though both teams are still vying for awards, only the Ibrox team has European football in the second part of the season when discussing a six-month loan.

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