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Gers close in on strike ace Kyle

Tue 17 Jun, 09:45 AM


Rangers are set to make Kyle Lafferty their third striker signing of the summer after agreeing a fee in excess of £3million with Burnley.Gers manager Walter Smith has already landed Kenny Miller and Andrius Velicka for next season, and the signing of 20-year-old Northern Ireland striker Lafferty would further bolster his attacking options.

Rangers, Celtic and Wolves have all targeted Lafferty this summer and the Ibrox side could clinch a deal for the 6ft 4in attacker this week.

Lafferty should cost Rangers over £3million, which would take the club's spending since the end of last season to above £6million.

The arrival of Lafferty, who scored five goals in 40 games for Burnley last season, would raise further questions over the future of the strikers who helped Rangers clinch a domestic cup double.

Kris Boyd, Daniel Cousin and Jean-Claude Darcheville were interchanged last season as Smith shuffled his line-up, and could be no longer required.

Former Hearts frontman Velicka is determined to become a Rangers idol with Old Firm derby goals for his new club, after agreeing a move from Norwegian side Viking.

He scored three goals for Hearts against Celtic last season, including a double at Parkhead which knocked Gordon Strachan's team out of the CIS Insurance Cup.

Velicka told the Scottish Sun: "I've done it in the past and hopefully I can do it again.

"I scored a few goals for Hearts against Celtic and in the Edinburgh derby against Hibs.

"But to score for Rangers against Celtic would be a bigger feeling than anything I have experienced in football."

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