Lawrence Shankland Rangers transfer snub revisited as signing failure part of title collapse

Lawrence Shankland had the opportunity to give the Rangers important goals this season that their current group of strikers was unable to bury.

And according to Stephen McGinn, that might cost them the league championship. The Light Blues’ loss to Ross County and their tie with Dundee last night have left them three points behind rivals Celtic with no games remaining. Despite the fact that players like Cyriel Dessers and Fabio Silva squandered big chances in those matches, McGinn was shocked by what he saw on manager Philippe Clement’s team sheet prior to Dens Park with six games remaining.

Despite being sidelined for the entirety of the season due to injury, Kemar Roofe was thrust into the crucial game. The gamble didn’t really pay off, as it ended 0-0.

However, McGinn found a simpler solution to his goal-scoring problems in Hearts striker Shankland, who was frequently connected to Ibrox in January.

More points would have been secured, and the captain of Falkirk thinks they would be winning right now if they had spent more money to acquire the proven goal scorer.

When I saw Kemar Roofe, I could not believe the team,” McGinn said on GO Radio. “You talk about Celtic and their poor transfer policy. If you had told me in January that Rangers would start Kemar Roofe with six games remaining in the title fight, I would have double-crossed you and told you to go sign Lawrence Shankland. Despite Rangers’ awful performance, they led 1-0, and Cyriel Dessers needs to score.

“That ends at 2-0, at which point the mood shifts and they win their three points. When you visit Dundee, obtaining the three points is the main goal. Prior to January, the two biggest problems were finding a creative midfielder and a striker. They go to Kemar Roofe, who hasn’t been healthy for the majority of the season, in place of the two strikers they had the other night—Fabio Silva on the flank and Cyriel Dessers on the bench.

“They could have been leading the league at this point if they had signed Lawrence Shankland. They haven’t used the £3–£4 million they could have against teams like Motherwell in order to secure goals. After seeing the replay of the match against Motherwell, I believe Lawrence Shankland would have scored.

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