Archie Stevens could be the latest Rangers talent to be lured in by the Premier League amid fresh transfer links to the likes of Wolves and Brighton.
Rangers famously lost the likes of Billy Gilmour and Rory Wilson with the lure of the megabucks Premier League sometimes too much for young footballers
Even the likes of Nathan Young-Coombes, who returned for a recent friendly with the Brentford youth team, has chosen to move down south over battling it out up north.
Now, Archie Stevens is the latest name being linked with a move south of the border but according to one leading journalist all is not lost when it comes to the teenage attacker.
Archie Stevens linked with Rangers
The 18-year-old England youth international talent has been linked with a move to the Premier League by journalist Jacques Talbot.
Talbot – who links himself to the Times, the Guardian, and Four Four Two on his official X page – claims via Football Transfers that no fewer than four English top flight clubs have their eye on the attacker.
On top of Wolves and Brighton, Nottingham Forest and Fulham are also said to be Archie Stevens suitors.
Rangers signed a deal to sign Archie Stevens back in the summer of 2022, holding off a host of top English clubs at the time due to the standards at the Ibrox Academy.
Ibrox talent used to Premier League interest
Rangers are used to the Premier League sniffing around their top young talent but there are some differences between Archie Stevens and the likes of Billy Gilmour and Rory Wilson.
Gilmour and Wilson were both trained at Rangers as youngsters, coming through the club’s youth Academy before signing their first profesional deals with Chelsea and Aston Villa respectively.
Archie Stevens had come through at AFC Wimbledon and admits that his head was turned on a visit to Ibrox despite strong transfer interest from elsewhere.
“I had options but Rangers really stood out,” said Stevens. “It is such a massive club with the history and fanbase and there is a pathway to the first-team.
“The facilities, the training and coaching just stood out for me from the first day.
“A lot of big clubs think they have the best facilities but when you come up here, look around and see what is on offer, it is something you can’t turn down.
“I just love the history of the club and it’s something I haven’t really seen before.”
Archie Stevens – who is now 18 – was part of the England U17s World Cup squad and the forward has been making solid progress at Rangers, although yet to make the breakthrough.
