In-demand Zak Lovelace has agreed to join Rangers after his contract with English Championship side Millwall came to an end.
The Light Blues have beaten a host of clubs to land the player who made his top-team debut in the Championship for the Lions at the age of just 15, and is the second youngest player to ever appear for the club and had to get permission from his school to play. He's set to join up with Rangers ' B team after his contract expired on July 1 and perform initially in the Lowland League.
Ibrox sporting director Ross Wilson, said: “We are delighted to welcome Zak to Rangers. He is an exciting young player and one we are sure will progress here. He has developed really well with the staff at Millwall and we can see lots of potential in him. A key part of our scouting strategy has been to identify and invest in talent to strengthen our pipeline and the strategy is working successfully for us with Calvin Bassey and Charlie McCann being examples of that."
Delighted Head of Academy Craig Mulholland, added: “Our Academy strategy will see us develop local home grown talent that have been with us from a young age, like Nathan Patterson, Leon King and Alex Lowry however importantly, we will augment these exciting prospects with high-potential recruited players ensuring we a have a strong pipeline of talent to challenge for the first team.
"Player trading at Academy level, as we have seen this summer, is now becoming a normal part of most major clubs' strategic plans.
"We have been active as a club in this area over the past couple of years as part of our own plan and we see talented players developing well in our ranks and we are sure that Zak will follow that positive path.
“Zak is a very exciting and quick forward player who our recruitment team, headed by David Stevenson, have been tracking for some time.
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