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Rangers are weighing up a £3 million move for Anderlecht and Wales defender James Lawrence.

Mailsport understands the 26-year-old left centre-back is on a list of Ibrox targets, as Steven Gerrard looks to bolster his squad ahead of the new campaign.

The Rangers gaffer is a big admirer of Lawrence but could face stiff competition from Championship clubs Stoke and Swansea for his signature.

Gerrard is still on the look-out for at least one new centre-half - having so far failed to land Oldham youngster George Edmundson.

He spent £3million to snare Connor Goldson a year ago and will have to splash out a similar fee to land Lawrence, who would provide provide competition alongside Niko Katic.

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English-born Lawrence grew up in Holland as a kid and had spells at Ajax, Sparta Rotterdam and RKC.

He then moved to Slovakian outfit AS Trencin where he won two league and cup doubles between 2014 and 2016.

That earned him a switch to Belgian cracks Anderlecht last summer, where he made 27 appearances as they finished third in the top flight.

But Lawrence’s future is now uncertain after the return of legendary figure Vincent Kompany as player-manager following his departure from Manchester City.

That has alerted English clubs to his availability, as well as Gerrard who has already added Jordan Jones, Jake Hastie and Greg Stewart this summer.

Lawrence already has five caps for Wales and started for Ryan Giggs’ side in both of their Euro 2020 qualifying defeats to Croatia and Hungary last week - scoring an OG against the Croats in Osijek.