Glasgow Rangers currently sit at the Scottish Premiership summit, eleven points clear of their arch-rivals Celtic at the top of the table.

However, if you cast your minds back to the beginning of the year, Steven Gerrard's side found themselves floundering in a very different position indeed.

The Daily Record reported that the Ibrox boss sought to bolster his attacking options after Jermain Defoe suffered an injury and had drawn up a list of targets.

Chief among them was Burnley striker Matej Vydra, who had grown frustrated by a lack of game time under Sean Dyche as he had made just nine appearances for the Clarets at the time, and was angling for a move away from Turf Moor.

But Burnley rejected a bid from the Light Blues as they were only interested in selling him on a permanent basis.

The Gers signed centre-forward Florian Kamberi from Premiership rivals Hibernian on loan until the end of the season in the end instead.

We hate to say it, but hindsight's a wonderful thing, as the Czech Republic international scored two goals in the Premier League shortly afterwards to send Gerrard a timely reminder of his obvious talents.

Valued at £3.6m via Transfermarkt, the 28-year-old has scored six goals and supplied four assists in 48 appearances for the Clarets, which is a pretty paltry record, especially when you consider the fact that they signed him for an undisclosed fee which is believed to be somewhere in the region of £10m in 2018.

But it's worth remembering that the versatile forward was the top scorer in the English Championship the season beforehand, which raises more questions about Dyche's style of play than anything else, really.

In 95 appearances for Watford, Vydra bagged 38 times and 15 assists in all competitions. Despite Kamberi's best efforts, as he scored and assisted in the 2-2 draw with St Johnstone, the 25-year-old was never really given the time to shine, which suggests that Gerrard never full trusted him to fill in for Alfredo Morelos despite Defoe's absence due to injury.

Without wishing to add insult to injury, Dyche heaped praise on the impact substitute after he inspired the Clarets to a 2-1 win over Southampton at St Mary's back in February.

He said: “No (seriously) I mean you need big moments to win games and that was a big moment in a tight game, and Vyds has stuck at it.

“He does do as well as many other players here when they are not in the side and he has the respect of the group.
“I can assure you when he walked in they were all buzzing for him and we have got such an honest group, they know when you are not playing it is hard.
“But the players here know and respect the people who are not playing because they know when they come in, they have got to be ready and they are.
“He showed signs of that and not just the finish, but the work ethic to work for the side and obviously the finish is the icing on the cake. It was a brilliant goal.”

There's no doubt that Vydra's versatility would have proven to be an added bonus as the Light Blues battled various injuries and an inconsistent run of form last season. Would he have made a big impact? Probably. Would he have helped the Gers regain the title? Probably not.

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