BREAKING NEWS: Rangers has finally completed a huge signing recently

Do not let those recent acquisitions from Morocco, France and Brazil fool you; Rangers, when it comes to the very best homegrown talent in Scottish football, will always be jostling for position at the front of the queue.

When Connor Barron decided against extending his contract at Aberdeen, Rangers were there.

When Lyall Cameron opted to look for a new challenge after a breakout season with Dundee, Nils Koppen jumped at the chance to conclude a ‘hugely important’ deal for the free-scoring Scotland Under-21 midfielder.

Rangers have copped plenty of criticism in recent years as the likes of Lewis Ferguson, Josh Doig and Aaron Hickey left Scotland for mainland Europe – Italy, specifically, as far as those three are concerned – but former PSV talentspotter Koppen understands the need to balance bargain additions from overseas with a solid spine of domestic dynamos.

Rangers tipped to move for Kilmarnock striker Bobby Wales

“It’s important to look all over the globe where we can compete financially to get the best talents to the club,” Koppen said in the autumn. “[But] we also don’t want to lose the focus on Scotland and the local market.

So, as one of the hottest young forwards in the Premiership made headlines last weekend with a touch and finish that would not look out of place in a compilation of Dimitar Berbatov’s best efforts or amidst Dennis Bergkamp’s finest moments, has Bobby Wales just played his way onto the radar of the Old Firm?

Si Ferry, the former Dundee and Peterhead midfielder who now works as a co-host on the Open Goal podcast, certainly believes that should be the case.

Ferry watched Wales latch onto a hopeful ball over the top of the St Johnstone defence during Kilmarnock’s 3-1 win at Rugby Park, jink inside his marker, and slot home with an almost effortless finesse.