Young Northern Ireland defender Lewis MacKinnon says Rangers' Scottish Premiership title success has only whetted his appetite to become an Ibrox hit.
The 18-year-old has is currently cutting his teeth with the Glasgow side's Under 18s, but already has big ambitions of one day playing under Steven Gerrard.
"It has been a massive season for Rangers. We were away from the first team in case there was any outbreak, but watching them achieve what they did is incredible," MacKinnon told Belfast Live.
"Winning the league this year is brilliant. The team has been so consistent and they have been banging in the goals.
"You can't get much better than Steven Gerrard and what he has achieved in his career. And what a player he was.
"Having him as the manager at the club I am playing for, that inspires me. He has been there and done it, and having him there is brilliant for every player at the club."
MacKinnon moved to Rangers in the summer of 2019, and is fast approaching the end of his second year in Glasgow.
A product of Linfield's academy, he arrived at Rangers alongside former Windsor teammate Ross McCausland.
A childhood fan, the former Bangor Grammar student admits it was a dream joining Rangers.
"I moved across in July 2019. It is coming up to two years this summer, and it has flown in. I have enjoyed it. First and foremost it was a big learning curve," he added.
"I have learnt something new every single day, and things I can add to my game. Over this last year it was hard to get a run of gams. We were here for a few weeks, then games were cancelled so we are home for a few weeks. It was unpredictable.
"But our league is set to start, and we will be playing twice a week. That will be our main priority. Getting 90 minutes every week and a good run of games.
"Rangers have the Under 18s, a B team which is basically the reserves, and then the senior team. I have been mostly playing for the Under 18s.
"Unfortunately most of the Under 18 players have gone out on loan, but I was involved in the Under 19 squad for the UEFA Youth League. We had a game against Koln from Germany, but that ended up getting cancelled.
"So we were home for a few weeks. We had to train back home on our own which was tough."
With many underage leagues stalling amid the coronavirus pandemic, MacKinnon admits the past year has been a frustrating stop-start campaign.
But the teenager used the adversity to grow as a player, and person.
"It was hugely frustrating, but it is out of our control. There is no point getting annoyed by it and frustrated. You just accept it. There are bigger things than football right now," he said.
"It helped me become mentally stronger. I got into a routine of things and didn't let anything get on top of me. I learned a lot about myself over the past year.
"The first lockdown, I wasn't really used to what was happening and it was strange. But the more this situation continued, I learned to adapt and go with it.
"I had structure, and I jotted down things I wanted to get done in the day. I always looked at the bigger goal, which is making it to Rangers first team.
"Every morning I woke up that was the motivation I had."
