15 goals, 6 assists; Former Rangers target in amazing form one year after £2m Ibrox bid Rangers

12 months ago, Rangers lodged three bids for Morgan Whittaker, only to rebuffed, rebuffed and rebuffed again by a Swansea City side who turned down as much as £2 million from the Scottish Premiership giants. Now, as we reach the one-year anniversary of that mid-season transfer saga -reported via Fabrizio Romano – neither Rangers nor Swansea will be looking back on it with a great deal of satisfaction. Morgan Whittaker would eventually join Plymouth Argyle later that year, returning to the club where he thrived on loan for merely half the fee his Glasgow-based suitors were willing to shell out. As for Rangers, reports linking Boca Juniors starlet Luca Langoni with a move to Ibrox suggests that – despite the emergence of Ross McCausland – Philippe Clement’s side have gone into another New Year

with a right-winger (once again) high on their list of priorities. Plymouth Argyle v Shrewsbury Town – Sky Bet League One Photo by James Baylis – AMA/Getty Images Rangers missed out on Plymouth star Morgan Whittaker The right-wing spot has arguably been something of a problem position ever since the departure of Daniel Candeias in 2019. A problem Whittaker could – and most probably would – have

solved had Rangers got their man during Mick Beale’s first and only winter window in charge north of the border. Whittaker, at the time, was building up quite the reputation with a handful of stand-out performances on loan at Plymouth in England’s third tier. Now a permanent member of the Argyle

roster, and strutting his stuff in the division above these days, Whittaker has gone from rising star to one of the EFL’s elite. Cutting inside from devastating effect onto his trusty left boot, Derbyshire’s answer to Arjen Robben has 15 goals and six assists this season already. Only Sammie Szmodics of Blackburn Rovers has more in the Championship. The Premier League awaits Somewhat inevitably, reports linking Whittaker with a number of Premier League clubs are on the rise. And while it remains to be seen

exactly how much his price-tag has risen since that £1 million summer switch, do not be surprised if Plymouth find themselves demanding more than the £9 million fee Rangers have reportedly been quoted for their latest right-wing target, the aforementioned Langoni.

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