Rangers to challenge Celtic for generation’s “best number nine” club open to sale:

Rangers to challenge Celtic for generation’s “best number nine” club open to sale:

Now TEAMtalk are claiming that both Rangers and Celtic are looking to sign Fabio Silva on loan with the striker out of the picture in Gary O’Neil’s Wolves side.

Both Rangers – who’ve lost Danilo and Kemar Roofe to injury – and Celtic – who have lacked firepower this season to date – are known to be on the hunt for a striker in January.

Wolves wonderkid yet to reach potential

Both sides of the Old Firm have routinely faced off in the hunt for signings and it looks like Fabio Silva and Wolves could have some thinking to do in January.

It’s clear the Molineux club highly rate the Portuguese forward, splashing a reported £35.6m to sign the striker from Porto back in 2020 following his breakthrough as a teenager.

Back then, Chinese chairman Jeff Shi branded Silva “the best number nine coming through his age group anywhere in Europe”.

That high status in the Wolves squad also hasn’t been lost in recent seasons, despite the striker’s struggles, with the club handing Fabio Silva a new contract last summer.

Upon doing so, the Premier League club sent Silva out on loan to Anderlecht with Technical Director Scott Sellars claiming a temporary switch was to “help him develop to be the best player he possibly can be”.

It would suggest that, given Fabio Silva has scored once in 10 showings under the Wolves manager this season, Wolves are very much open to sending the striker on loan to maximise his potential.

Rangers or Celtic for Fabio Silva?

Both Rangers and Celtic boast genuine transfer appeal to any player but especially one who is looking to get that time on the ball and those opportunities to boost his numbers.

At Wolves, Fabio Silva has to contend with his side being underdogs throughout the Premier League season whereas at the Old Firm domination is the name of the game.