Pundit names the Scotland star Rangers could look to sign this summer as doubts cast over three Ibrox aces

A former Rangers star reckons three players have question marks over them going into the Derek McInnes era - as a Scotland star is touted as a possible target.

The former Hearts and Aberdeen manager who played for the club has been unveiled as Ibrox gaffer this week ahead of pre-season beginning. He faces a squad overhaul and Lawrence Shankland has already been snapped up from Hearts, with more business in the way expected, as well as outs.

Andy Halliday expects Scotland international Lewis Ferguson to become a Rangers option after time at Bologna and working with McInnes at Aberdeen. He also wonders if now is the time to cash in on Belgian international Nico Raskin in that midfield department amid involvement at the World Cup, with fitness doubts over winter signing Tochi Chukwuani, and Bojan Miovski being one he’d sell instantly.

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Halliday told Open Goal: “I'd take money for Raskin. I'd be quite happy to see Raskin go. You want to be this team that they've been saying for years with this player trading model so you're actually making fees off of players. Raskin's only got two years left in his contract. He's off the back of a World Cup and for me the chance to sell him is now and then reinvest it in the next player.

”There’s 100% the question over Chukwuani. I think attributes wise Derek McKenzie would be all over a Chukwuani but I just don't think he'll look fit at any point. He looked blown after 60 minutes every game. I think he will try and sign Lewis Ferguson. Depends what you sell Raskin for as well. I don't know if Rangers would pay more than £10 million. Bologna might ask for that. I'd sell him Miovski in a minute. In a minute. That is literally your fourth choice striker that will be on £25,000 a week. Sell him in a heartbeat.”

McInnes said of his appointment: “It's everything really. It's such a privilege and an emotional day. It's a special day for myself on a personal level. The club is something that has always been huge in my life growing up. My father supported the team. 31 years ago, when I signed here as a player, my dad was in the gaffer's room next door. To think that I'm in that seat is pretty special.

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"There is a lot to do. There is a lot of introductions and media duties today, but I'm just really looking forward to getting down to work. It's a totally different feeling. When you sign as a player there is still that excitement and anticipation. The challenge as a player was to get into the team and all the rest of it. Back then, the club was a winning club, and it was winning most seasons. I am well aware that the responsibility here now, as manager, is to try and drive the whole thing.

“With the support of the board and everybody doing their job well, hopefully we can get back to a sustained period of real success, dominating Scottish football and winning trophies. I feel ready for it, I feel comfortable with all, but it's still a very special day, and it's an absolute privilege to be the manager of Rangers.”