‘He’s their best player’: Sky pundit raves about Leeds-linked £14m attacker, urges club not to sell

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With Marcelo Bielsa’s Leeds United in pursuit of Glasgow Rangers attacker Ryan Kent, Kris Boyd has spoken to Sky Sports about how important it is for the Ibrox side not to lose the 23-year-old.

Rangers boss Steven Gerrard told BBC Sport last Friday that the Whites had contacted the Glasgow club over Kent, but said their opening bid was “strongly rejected” and sought to make it clear he is “not for sale”.

However, the Scottish Sun claims that the Elland Road side, newly promoted to the Premier League, is not ready to give up the fight for the talented attacker, and is prepared to increase his offer to £14million.

“(Alfredo) Morelos needs to go because if Rangers need to sell somebody, as we are all led to believe, they cannot lose Ryan Kent,” Boyd told Sky Sports. “If they have an aspirations about winning a league title, they cannot lose him.

“He is their best player, you can have the best striker in the world, but if you do not have anybody to create opportunities for him and make things happen in the final third, it does not matter who is through the middle.

“For me, they need to keep a hold of him no matter what and if that means you have to take a lower price for Morelos to get him out the door, that is what you need to do. But Rangers as a football club, if they are going to stop Celtic, they cannot lose Kent.”

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Given Kent’s talent, experience, age, potential and versatility – he can play on the wings, attacking midfield and even as a second striker – he would be a great fit for Bielsa’s Leeds.

Of course, it’s a tricky scenario as far as Rangers are concerned – they’ve begun the season superbly and have major silverware ambitions.

Letting one of their star players go when there’s so much at stake – their bitter rivals on the verge of a tenth consecutive title – would be disastrous.

However, Leeds can’t exactly hold back until next year, given they’ve just come up to the Premier League and need to strengthen right away.