Todd Cantwell can provide that 'spark' for Rangers with his ability level with England international James Maddison.
That's the verdict of former Light Blues midfielder Graham Dorrans, who has the inside knowledge on the Ibrox transfer-linked midfielder . Michael Beale has made it clear he hopes to add two or three new faces to start putting his stamp on things in Glasgow with the Norwich City star one of the names who has cropped up.
Dorrans believes the 24-year-old - out of contract at Carrow Road in the summer - needs a new challenge and is sure the chance to join Rangers and play in front of 50,000 fans every week is something that would excite him and get his career back on track. The way Beale spoke about Cantwell previously has Dorrans in no doubt that he is the man to restore him to the very best of his ability as he revealed he is a 'confidence' player who just needs a 'little bit of love'.
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Speaking to the Daily Record, the former Rangers man said: “Todd was a lot younger obviously when I was at Norwich, he’d have been about 18 or so by the time I left to come back up to Glasgow.
“He was just breaking through at that point but you could see he was a very good player. He didn’t play too much at that point but was in training with the first team and you could see the talent he had.
“He was a very confident kid then. I remember at that time it was him and James Maddison who were the young guys emerging from the academy. Both of them had this confidence in their ability. Sometimes you looked at it as arrogance. But both of them went on and backed it up.
“Obviously James has gone on to make an England World Cup squad with that unbelievable talent of his. But I agree with what Michael Beale was saying at the weekend. He was once a really exciting prospect but it looks like his career has stalled a wee bit since over the last couple of years.
“Todd has the same ability as James but his career hasn’t followed the same trajectory. Maybe that’s because his confidence has suffered a wee bit.
“He probably needs a new challenge so I’m sure the chance to join a club like Rangers would be of massive interest to him. Coming up to play in front of 50,000 fans every week is an exciting prospect and should get him back on track.
“He’s got that great ability on the ball and I’m sure he could come up here and provide a spark for Rangers, definitely. It’s just about rediscovering that belief in himself he once had. He’s a confidence player and just needs a bit of love.
“Listening to the way Michael Beale has spoken about him, I think he’s the man to help him get going again. If he can get back to his earlier levels then I’ve got no doubts that he can come and be successful, certainly from what I saw of him at Norwich.”
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