, Transfer Insight: Does Lyle Taylor really fit the bill at Rangers

Transfer Insight: Does Lyle Taylor really fit the bill at Rangers

According to the Daily Star, Lyle Taylor’s decision to not want to play the final nine games of the Championship season has resulted in Rangers upping their efforts to land the Charlton star.

Taylor is one of three Addicks players who have refused to play in the final nine games of the season with Taylor worried that any potential injury suffered could affect an upcoming move.

His boss, Lee Bowyer, has admitted that he will miss the goal threat that Taylor possesses as his Charlton side battle against relegation. Rangers are thought to see this differently and are moving in to

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Who is Lyle Taylor

Taylor started out his journey in football with Staines Town before being picked up by Millwall for their Under-18s in 2008. He was only there a year before a free transfer to non-league side Concord Rangers.

He came back into league football with Bournemouth in 2010 and has featured for sides such as Falkirk, Sheffield United and Partick Thistle before an eventual move to AFC Wimbledon from Scunthorpe in 2014.

Four years later, after 150 games with the Dons, Taylor to Charlton on a two-year deal. That deal is coming to an end and the much-travelled striker is looking at his next move.

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What does Lyle Taylor bring to the table

If you look at the headline figures, Taylor brings goals and assists aplenty with his game. Since arriving at Brentford early in the summer 2018 transfer window, Taylor has scored 36 goals and provided 14 assists in 63 league appearances for the club. These are split into 11 goals/one assist this season and 21 goals/11 assists last season.

Arrowing in on his performance output this season, per Whoscored, there is a lot that can be learned about his game. On a per 90 min basis (in order to look at expectation across a typical game), he is definitely a busy player.

He typically gets himself into position to take 2.6 shots per 90. 2.5 (61.5%) of these come from inside the penalty and 0.7 (27%) come from outside the area. With just over 11% of his shots coming from in the six-yard area, Lyle Taylor isn’t your prototypical ‘fox-in-the-box’ striker.

Accuracy-wise, 1.2 (46%) of his shots are on-target. His total of 11 goals from 22 on-target shots shows that he has a 50% conversion rate for shots that are on-target.

Reflections – does Lyle Taylor fit in at Rangers?

Lyle Taylor has experience of Scottish football during his time with Falkirk and Partick Thistle for who he scored his fair share of goals – scoring 29 and 12 respectively. It would be a different proposition playing for Rangers, but he definitely has the tools to make an impact with the Glasgow giants

Of course, Rangers already have a prolific scorer of their own in Colombian striker Alfredo Morelos. He’s scored 12 in 26 SPL games this season as well as a further 14 across the Gers Europa League campaign. Matching Taylor with Morelos, with the former’s better aerial threat, could be a masterstroke for Steven Gerrard.

However, the future of Morelos is uncertain what with goals bringing transfer interest. Talk is of Gerrard bringing in Taylor amidst all these worries – almost as an insurance policy.

Either way, lone or teamed up with the dangerous Morales, Lyle Taylor would be able to do a job at Ibrox.

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