Former Rangers striker tipped to take Premier League by storm after leaving Ibrox for just £300k
Mon 7 April 2025 18:00
Cameron Willis
Rangers know that they are up against it to convince the best young Scottish players to remain at Ibrox when there is the lure of the Premier League.
TV money has transformed English football’s infrastructure with some of the globe’s top academies now down south and Rangers struggling to compete financially.
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What the Gers can promise is quicker opportunities with the Rangers first team, but that’s something which hasn’t always played out consistently in the Rangers academy.
Highly-rated Napoli midfielder Billy Gilmour left for Chelsea in 2017 and since then clubs north of the border have struggled to keep hold of their best young talent.
Now one former Rangers striker talent is being tipped to score a barrel-load in the English Premier League.
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What the Gers can promise is quicker opportunities with the Rangers first team, but that’s something which hasn’t always played out consistently in the Rangers academy.
Highly-rated Napoli midfielder Billy Gilmour left for Chelsea in 2017 and since then clubs north of the border have struggled to keep hold of their best young talent.
Now one former Rangers striker talent is being tipped to score a barrel-load in the English Premier League.
READ MORE: ‘Let him play’: Gers fans hijack official post to demand Ferguson stays true to promise
Photo by Neville Williams/Aston Villa FC via Getty Images
Photo by Neville Williams/Aston Villa FC via Getty Images
Rory Wilson signs new Aston Villa contract
Aston Villa have announced a new deal for highly-rated former Rangers academy striker Rory Wilson.
Wilson, 19, is yet to make his first-team debut for the Villains but is highly-rated by the Premier League club’s academy staff and has impressed in their youth teams.
The new deal comes three years after Wilson decided to move to Aston Villa despite Rangers being desperate to tie the young Scotti
sh striker down.
