Rangers defeated Dundee United 3-1 on Wednesday to win the Scottish Premiership for the second time in a row.
Despite going 1-0 down, Cyriel Dessers netted a brace before Nico Raskin bagged the hosts’ third.
However, the future of the Belgian attacker has been a hot topic after the match, despite him becoming the Scottish Premiership top scorer.
Michael Stewart tells Rangers to ‘upgrade’ on Dessers
Dessers’ two goals against Dundee United took the Rangers attacker to 28 goals in all competitions this campaign, with one match left to play.
This includes 17 Scottish Premiership goals, which now puts him above Celtic’s Daizen Maeda to lead the race for the Golden Boot.
Yet, despite these feats, Dessers’ future is unclear at Rangers this summer, with rumours circulating that the Glaswegians could sell the 30-year-old.
When analysing the match on BBC’s Sportscene
show (14 May), Michael Stewart felt inclined to agree with these views, feeling Rangers “need to upgrade” their attacker.
He said: “Making the point about Cyriel Dessers, you look at just the data in terms of his goal-scoring and it would suggest that he is a top number nine striker.
“But I think everybody gets a sense after watching him for a few seasons now that something isn’t quite there.
“If Rangers want to go and challenge Celtic, I feel like they are going to have to get an upgrade for that position.”
Stewart’s take on Dessers is baffling
Coming out of the Dundee United match, Dessers was one of the few highlights.
In a poor game, the striker still managed to get two goals and ensure that the Glaswegians won their final game at Ibrox this campaign.
Stewart’s take on Dessers is completely wrong. The striker could end up with the Golden Boot at the end of the season, in a campaign which has no doubt been a failure for Rangers.
Rangers’ decision to sell this striker, who has a track record of scoring goals in Scotland and Europe, and then bring in a player who might not achieve similar heights is perplexing.
It would be foolish for the Gers to try to trade Dessers now, as he has demonstrated in the last few games that he should stay at Ibrox for the upcoming campaign.
