Gers linked midfielder eyed in £3.5m Serie A swoop
Lewis Ferguson is a player who will continuously be linked with a move to Rangers because of his family history, however, if Ross Wilson is interested, he will have to move fast.
Serie A side Calgliari are rumoured to have made a loan-to-buy offer for the Scotland international, according to Sky Sports Italy, with a pre-set fee of £3.5million if they avoid relegation part of the contract, a figure that was expected to be required whenever we have been reported to have been keeping an eye on the 22-year old.
Having come through the youth ranks at Hamilton, Ferguson is vastly experienced for a player his age and has barely missed a game since breaking through as a teenager.
With a record of a goal or assist every three games for Aberdeen, it’s easy to see why he might be attracting the attention of others, although few would have thought that Serie A was a likely destination.
Previously I wouldn’t have considered Ferguson as an option under Steven Gerrard given how we played at the time, however, as a number eight in Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s system he would be ideal and would add to our home grown quota – as we saw on Tuesday night, he is capable of causing problems in attack whilst also helping out his defence to build possession.
The fee is a lot of money but we can’t keep relying on Bosman deals to strengthen the squad, if we could sell John Lundstram and bring in Ferguson on a cost neutral basis, I suspect most Rangers fans would snap your hand off.