Rangers have been linked with a move for a player who could prove to be the next James Tavernier in Giovanni van Bronckhorst's side at Ibrox.

According to the print edition of The Sun (via The Boot Room), the Light Blues manager is keen on signing a 23-year-old full-back from the English Championship this summer.

Stoke City's Josh Tymon has recently been linked with a move to Rangers, but any such transfer will have to wait until either Borna Barisic leaves or Champions League qualification is potentially secured, as the Potters value him at £5m.

Last season was Tymon's best in a Stoke shirt since he joined the club in 2017. He made 44 appearances in the Championship, contributing one goal and four assists and averaging a solid 6.73 rating from WhoScored for his performances.

At 23, the left-back still has plenty of time to improve. If he joins Rangers, he could even have a similar impact to Tavernier, who was playing in the English Football League before his move to Glasgow in 2015, with the right-back arguably securing legendary status at Ibrox with his performances in the seven years since.

In 347 appearances for the Teddy Bears, the former Wigan Athletic man has gone on to contribute an extraordinary 83 goals and 107 assists from right-back, with the 30-year-old remarkably finishing as the top scorer in the entire Europa League last season with seven goals in 14 appearances.

According to Football Transfers, Tymon is a stylistically similar player to the Rangers captain, with both full-backs loving to get forward and put in crosses; while WhoScored suggests that both Tymon and Tavernier's strengths include key passes and concentration.

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One of Tavernier's most impressive attributes is his athleticism and physicality, and Tymon certainly doesn't seem to be short of that either.

Stoke manager Michael O'Neill praised the 23-year-old in that respect last season, saying: "He never lost what he had, his natural attributes: athletically very, very good, quick, left-sided. What he's got now is that his confidence and belief has grown.

"He understands the game. He's got good game intelligence and he's easy to work with. I always felt from a manager's point of view that there was a player in there but he had to get it out of himself as well."

The full-back also has an element of flair to his game, being crowned a "nutmeg king" for his efforts in the English Championship last term.

If Tymon were to achieve even half of what Tavernier has at Rangers, then he would surely be worth the £5m fee this summer, so Van Bronckhorst should definitely look to bring him in at Ibrox.

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