With his call-up to the Scotland squad for the World Cup, Rangers have an international asset in Findlay Curtis who is ready to be unleashed.
The attacker has made 35 senior appearances across all competitions this season, and what a varied campaign it has been.
From scoring against Panathinaikos in Champions League qualifying and salvaging a draw away to St. Mirren, to making a name for himself at Kilmarnock, this has been the 19-year-old’s breakout season.
His World Cup spot confirms it.
The rise of Findlay Curtis
Earlier this year, there was plenty of consternation about what was the best thing to do for player and club.
Findlay Curtis had already shown what he can do in a Rangers shirt, but should he be retained for the title run-in, with limited appearances, or sent on loan to play regularly with freedom, elsewhere?
The foresight that Rangers backed has been a success.
Now, with hindsight, sanctioning the loan to Neil McCann’s Kilmarnock was the best option for the player in the short-term and Rangers in the long term.
He just wouldn’t have had the same impact at Rangers, playing under the stress, duress and intensity of the title race.
Look how that panned out for the team, overall.
Rangers must now fulfil Curtis’ potential
Findlay Curtis is unlikely to be a starter for Scotland at the World Cup.
It would be great if he gets game time at all. The experience will be invaluable.
When he returns for next season, Rangers must ensure his progress continues and his potential is fulfilled.
He will be 20 in a few months time. He is certainly old enough and he is more than good enough.
Rangers star set to impact summer transfer plans
The Rangers youth product has excelled at Kilmarnock with five goals and one assist in the final weeks of the campaign.
There’s no risk, just a very capable player that needs to be managed properly and allowed to develop further.
Findlay Curtis should also impact Rangers’ transfer plans this summer, with who else comes in to supplement the wingers/wide attackers.
Andreas Skov Olsen failed to make an impression although there’s a chance he could return, but most fans would prefer the young Scot to the Dane.
Not many would have said that in January.
It has to be Findlay Curtis and one other to fight it out and share the load.
The senior Scotland international player is Rangers’ man and an asset to be unleashed from the get-go, next season.
