Lawrence Shankland: Have Rangers just signed Scotland's World Cup number nine?

Lawrence Shankland has scored four times in limited Scotland game time Rangers' capture of Hearts captain Lawrence Shankland could prove to be the most significant move of the summer, but have the Ibrox club also signed the man who will be leading the forward line for Scotland at the World Cup? The national team have long struggled to produce prolific strikers at international level and yet the man who scored 72 league goals during his four years at Hearts has found himself no more than a bit-part player under Steve Clarke. After another stellar season in which his 21 goals spearheaded Hearts to a Scottish Premiership title challenge, there is growing evidence that Shankland should be the man tasked with leading the Scotland attack when they kick off their World Cup campaign against Haiti on 14 June. Steven Naismith has worked with Shankland during his spell as Hearts' head coach and now as Scotland assistant, and thinks the striker "is at the best he's ever been at now at 30-years-old". Shankland could be Rangers captain after 'coup' - Hendry McTominay backs 'great man' Clarke for Scotland stay Listen: How will Shankland fare at Ibrox? "He's took a bit of time to get to that point