Medical on Tuesday: McPake becomes second Rangers player to agree Merseyside move – Sources
Rangers attacker Josh McPake is due to undergo a medical at Tranmere Rovers on Tuesday, Football Insider understands.
The 20year-old was recalled early from a loan spell at Morecambe by the Ibrox giants so they could loan him back out to another club for the second half of the season.
A recruitment source has told Football Insider that McPake had the choice to join a number of clubs, but he has decided to join Tranmere on loan until the end of the season.
Rangers have given the green light for him to head down south and undergo a medical at Tranmere.
This comes following successful talks between the player and Rovers manager Micky Mellon.
He becomes the second Ibrox player to agree a move to an English club this week.
This site exclusively revealed on Tuesday (21 December) that Tranmere were set to win the race to sign McPake ahead of rival lower-league clubs including Oldham Athletic and Hartlepool.
Football Insider then updated on 24 December that Rovers chairman Mark Palios had “signed off” the deal and an agreement was in place.
McPake, 20, will now complete a fifth loan move in two years for the forward.
It will be his third in in the last two seasons at English clubs following spells at Morecambe and Hartlepool.
Promotion-chasing Tranmere, who are fifth in League Two, have moved for the Scotland Under-21 international to boost their hopes of going up to League One.
They will have to make room in their squad for McPake by letting other players go ahead of January.
McPake has been sidelined since mid-October with an ankle problem.
In other news, another young Rangers star has agreed to join English club as medical underway.