Revealed: Rangers make move to sign Southampton star Thierry Small
Rangers have registered their interest in signing Southampton star Thierry Small, sources have told Football Insider.
The Glasgow giants have made a move for the left-back, 18, as they look to sign him from their Premier League club in the summer window.
It is believed that Rangers have been in touch with Southampton to ask to be kept informed about developments involving Small in the coming months.
The teenager has spent the second half of the season on loan at Rangers’ Scottish Premiership rivals St Mirren, in a deal first revealed by Football Insider in January.
He has been a regular for Stephen Robinson’s team, operating mainly at left-back or on the left side of midfield.
Small was also the subject of an £800,000 bid from Tottenham in January, which was rejected by Southampton as they wanted £1.2m, as well as a loan offer from Aberdeen.
The teenager is a left-back who can also operate at left wing-back as well as on the left side of a three-man defence.
Small joined League One outfit Port Vale in the summer on a season-long loan but that deal was terminated in November, as first revealed by Football Insider, when Southampton activated their recall clause.
The £5million signing from Everton struggled for game time at the third-tier club, who already had two left-backs, his preferred position, when he signed.
The England under-19 international was born in Solihull and was a youth player at West Brom before moving to Everton and becoming a regular for their Under-23s.
He became Everton’s youngest ever first team player, in January 2021, when he appeared in an FA Cup win against Sheffield Wednesday aged just 16 years and 176 days.
He joined Southampton on a three-year deal in August 2021.
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