Michael Stewart reveals the three Hearts players he feels could get into Rangers team
FOOTY pundit Michael Stewart has named THREE stars he reckons are good enough to force their way into the first team at Rangers.
The Ibrox side dismantled the Tynecastle men in midweek in a match which finished 3-0 but could have been even more one-sided.
The chasm has left pundits concerned about the level of competition in the Scottish top flight in a division where no-one outside Rangers or Celtic has won the title since 1985 - that's THIRTY SEVEN years.
Hearts are keen to close the gap and Stewart for one reckons there's three players at least in the Hearts team who could feature for Rangers.
He told BBC Sportsound: "I would argue that there are players in this Hearts side that are capable of getting into the squad of Rangers in particular.
"For example, Stephen Kingsley .. his last couple of games have been poor but he is a quality player.
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"He could be challenging at left back for Rangers, no question about that for me.
"They paid £4m for [Ridvan] Yilmaz and personally Kingsley is a better player.
"He's a Scottish talent, he knows the league, he is someone who can go and play.
"And you can't tell me that Rangers wouldn't be sniffing about Lawrence Shankland - who has banged in 20 goals this season.,
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"If they're not then great, because Hearts are going to keep him.
"But of course teams are going to be looking at him,
"Right off the bat, there's two players who would be challenging for the squad of these teams.
"And Craig Gordon, still at 40 years old, he is good enough to be getting a game for these teams too."
While the Ibrox men cherrypicked John Souttar from the Jambos on a pre-contract this summer, Stewart's fellow BBC pundit Leanne Crichton reckons the fact that the Ibrox side don't appear to want these players is simply "a reflection on Rangers' recruitment policy".
She said: "They genuinely don't look at the Scottish market, they don't look anywhere else other than England and the lower leagues and try to cherrypick players from there."
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