Lewis Ferguson Rangers transfer ‘regret’ as pundit baffled by missed Ibrox chance

Lewis Ferguson Rangers transfer ‘regret’ as pundit baffled by missed Ibrox chance

Lewis Ferguson was never pursued by

the Rangers before he signed with

Bologna, and Alan Hutton says he’s puzzled by this.

Ferguson, the son of former Rangers star

Derek, arrived from Aberdeen in 2022

and has since made a name for himself

in Italy. The 24-year-old has elevated his

play to a new level and surpassed Denis

Law’s record with Tornio to become the

highest-scoring Scot in Serie A history.

Juventus is taking notice of the former

Hamilon Accies youngster, who has

scored 11 goals in the Italian top division thus far.

Hutton, a lifelong supporter of Rangers,

is still in shock that the Light Blues

passed up a chance to sign the Scotland

international while he was still at

Pittodrie. Furthermore, Hutton

encouraged the Ibrox manager to look

for homegrown talent and cautioned

Philippe Clement against making the

same error as his predecessors.

He said: “There has to be a bit of regret

there. There have been a few players

who have gone abroad and done really

well that probably Rangers and Celtic

would have looked at in the past.

“Lewis Ferguson is unquestionably

among them. It cannot be easy now that

he has left. But if you listen to him now,

when he’s doing interviews, you can

hear that he’s comfortable and speaking the language.

“He’s battling to make the Scotland squad

and is only getting stronger. Rangers

would be better right now with someone

like that on staff. I believe they have

therefore been let down. There have

been others as well, such Aaron Hickey and Josh Doig, who went over.

“There have been so many. Is that the

reason – that they just preferred other

targets or did maybe they didn’t trust

them because they were a little bit

young? I don’t know. I think for Rangers

and Celtic to be looking at bringing these guys in makes them better.”

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