SEVILLE, SPAIN - MAY 18: Rangers fans during the UEFA Europa League Final between Eintracht Frankfurt v Rangers at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium, on May 18, 2022, in Sevilla, Spain. (Photo by Alan Harvey / SNS Group)
Watching on as Rangers turn down Nottingham Forest’s first interest in goalkeeper Jack Butland is likely England manager Gareth Southgate.
With Jack Butland holding the team in the running for the title in the early going of the season, the 30-year-old goalie is playing at his best for the Rangers.
Ensuring a smooth and painless transfer from Ibrox great Allan McGregor, the recruitment of the former Stoke, Crystal Palace, and England goaltender has been nothing short of extraordinary.
The Premier League is taking an interest in it, as we always suspected. Nottingham Forest was instructed where to go when they contacted Rangers regarding Jack Butland this week.
However, we believe that if the stopper keeps up this trend, he won’t be handling calls from the south for long—this time, from the Wembley power corridors.
Jack Butland has England chance
Once touted as England’s long-term number one of the future, Jack Butland earned nine caps for his country between 2012 and 2018.
Stints in the background of Crystal Palace and Manchester United damaged both the goalkeeper’s reputation and confidence in the eyes of the Three Lions’ hierarchy.
But there can be little doubt that’s being restored by the game in Glasgow with a string of heroic saves winning points at home and abroad for Rangers.
Butland, who is confident he can force his way back into the England team, believes that his role as Rangers goalkeeper has arrived at the ideal time.
Butland remarked, “All I can do is do what I am doing.” “I haven’t played for England in a long time. No, if I said that was the first thing on my mind. Of course, I would be thrilled to have it.
The current England number one, Jordan Pickford of Everton, is joined by Sam Johnstone of Crystal Palace and Aaron Ramsdale of Arsenal as the other choices.
Given that former Celtic goaltender Fraser Forster won a Three Lions cap while playing at Parkhead, Jack Butland is definitely in the running, and this is something that shouldn’t be discounted.
Rangers goalkeeper wanted by Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest’s failed bid for Jack Butland is evidence of a couple of things.
Firstly, if the goalkeeper is considered good enough for the Premier League – an apparent stipulation in the minds of some south of the border – then he’s good enough for England.
That Rangers have rejected the bid is evidence of his status in Govan and not of his inability to perform in the English top flight.
England manager Gareth Southgate will almost certainly will be aware of Jack Butland’s progress at Rangers and let’s just see how the second half of the campaign goes.
Secondly, it’s that Rangers have a rather massive asset on their hands in goalkeeping terms.
For such a routinely neglected position, Jack Butland is a player of genuine quality, class and distinction between the sticks.
Contracted to Ibrox until 2027 and English trained, a summer move might suit everyone but Rangers have a player whose valuation is touching £20m in the goalkeeper.
