If I could have one moment back’ – ex-Rangers kid pleading with former club to confirm his return

It has been a long time since Rangers brought through a forward from the youth system and they made a serious impact in the first team.

Questions are consistently asked of the Rangers academy and its ability to produce players for the senior XI with a host of talented individuals failing to make the grade.

Robert Fleck was a Rangers mainstay 40 years ago, but there has been little else to shout about even if Robbie Ure is proving the doubters wrong in Sweden now and Ross McCormack scored plenty of goals in England.

Another who left Ibrox to go on to carve a solid professional career for himself was Rory Loy who, speaking on the Scottish Football Podcast on the BBC, has previously talked about the Rangers move being a mistake.

Playing in the same team as Scott Arfield for Scotland Under-21s, Loy was asked by presenter Ray Bradshaw if there was any jealousy about the Falkirk veteran’s current form.

Rory Loy issues warning for Rangers academy graduates

There is an easy comparison between Bailey Rice and Lennon Miller, two players who were teammates at Motherwell with one of them now being linked with a move to Serie A and the other struggling for game time.

Loy, reflecting on a similar move to Rangers at the same age said:

“But no, listen, I look at Scott Arfield and I said recently that when I was a young boy at Kilmarnock from 16 to 18, I was an apprentice, I ended up going across to Rangers.

“If I could have one moment back in my career, I would have probably stayed at Kilmarnock. I look at Scott Arfield and I’m not saying I would have went on and had the career Scott Arfield’s had.