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Former Leicester City goalkeeper and Australia international Mark Schwarzer has outlined his surprise at Harry Souttar’s lack of game time this season.
The centre-back made his first start of the season in the Carabao Cup loss to Liverpool at the end of last month. He then made his first Championship appearance of the campaign against former club Stoke City before the international break.
And while they have made progress with last season’s crown jewels, with James Maddison and Harvey Barnes moving for big money, others have been more difficult to farm out.
There had been hopes giant centre back Souttar, who is yet to make a matchday squad in the English second tier this term, could link up with his brother John at Glasgow Rangers.
However, Football Scotland are reporting the potential move has ‘hit a snag’. They say Rangers’ resources have been hit by their midweek elimination from the Champions League, a hammering at PSV condemning them to the less lucrative Europa League.
Football Scotland says that means Gers won’t now be able to meet ‘hefty salary demands’ leaving the 24-year-old in limbo with just a couple of hours of the transfer window left. While the window in England closes at 11pm, it is open north of the border until midnight. Souttar made 12 appearances for the Foxes last term after joining them from Stoke in January.
