Rangers: Barry Ferguson makes new Fabio Silva demand live on air in Ibrox ‘quality’ verdict
Rangers forward Fabio Silva needs to start producing “more quality” in a Light Blue shirt to live up to expectations, according to Barry Ferguson.
The 21-year-old joined Philippe Clement’s ranks in Glasgow on loan from Wolves in January for the second half of the season but has only managed to find the net once in his first six Scottish Premiership appearances for the Gers.
While Ferguson has conceded that it can take some players longer to adapt to the Scottish game than others, he has challenged Silva to do more going forward, especially as he cost Wolves a massive fee originally.
Speaking on The Go Radio Football Show (21 February, 16:10) he said: “I want to see a bit more from him, there’s no doubt about that. In terms of his workrate, he’ll work hard for the team, but I’m expecting a bit more quality.
“Maybe that will come, it can take some players a bit more time to settle in. You’re not a bad player if you sign for over £30million, but hopefully, in the coming weeks he’ll show a little bit more going forward.”
Will Rangers look to sign Fabio Silva permanently?
One of the biggest topics of conversation so far this season at Ibrox has been whether or not Clement’s striker options are strong enough to beat Celtic to the Scottish Premiership title this term.
With Danilo and Kemar Roofe sidelined through injury, it has fallen on Cyriel Dessers to lead the Gers line week in and week out and after a slow start at Ibrox, the Nigerian forward has begun to find his feet and impress at the top end of the pitch.
However, Silva was brought into the fold in January to try and lighten Dessers’ workload, but so far the Portuguese forward has shown very little in his performances to demonstrate that he should be starting week in and week out at Ibrox.
Something will have to change sooner rather than later for the 21-year-old if he wants to continue beyond the end of the season in Glasgow. At the moment, it seems incredibly unlikely that Rangers would be willing to shell out a big fee for a forward who has shown so little “quality”.
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