Shankland set to join Rangers from Hearts – is he the leader Ibrox side need?

Shankland set to join Rangers from HeartsImage source, SNSImage caption, Lawrence Shankland (right) is expected to become Danny Rohl’s first summer signing at RangersPublished1 hour agoHearts captain Lawrence Shankland is close to joining Scottish Premiership rivals Rangers.The Scotland forward, 30, has been consistently linked with the Ibrox club and is set to become Danny Rohl’s first signing of the close season.Shankland led Hearts to second place this season, with the Tynecastle side missing out on the title to Celtic on the final day. Since joining Hearts in 2022, the forward has scored 88 goals in 171 appearances.He has the fourth most goals in the Premiership since the league was established in 2013, with a league haul of 77 putting him one behind former Rangers forward Alfredo Morelos.In total, Shankland has scored 236 goals in 494 club appearances and has netted four times in 18 international appearances.Shankland moved to Hearts in 2022 after a year in Belgium with Beerschot. He previously played in his homeland with Aberdeen and Dundee United in the Premiership and Ayr United and Queen’s Park in the lower leagues. He was also loaned out by Aberdeen to Dunfermline Athletic, Greenock Morton and St Mirren.His most recent Scotland goal came in the World Cup qualification-clinching win over Denmark in November and he was one of five strikers named in Steve Clarke’s squad for this summer’s finals.After the Scots face Curacao at Hampden on Saturday, they travel to the United States for a final warm-up game with Bolivia in New Jersey before Group C games with Haiti, Morocco and Brazil. The first two fixtures are in Massachusetts and the final group game takes place in Florida.World Cup quiz: Name every player in Scotland’s squad