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WITH facilities like Murray Park, you would expect a few good players to becoming through the Rangers academy.

We know of the likes of Ryan Hardie, Jordan Thompson, Andy Murdoch, Luca Gasparotto and Tom Walsh, but what other kids in the Rangers U20 team could make a mark at Ibrox?

Here, Record Sport Online look at those under the surface that Mark Warburton might look to in the future.

Liam Burt

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Despite only turning 17 at the beginning of February, the midfielder is a regular in the Rangers U20 squad and often trains with the first team and even made it onto the bench for Rangers' recent 1-0 win over Falkirk.

He was also on the receiving end of some high praise from youth boss Ian Durrant, who said he wishes he could field a team of Liam Burt's.

He told the Rangers website : “Liam has been fantastic; he showed what he can do again with a great goal and some great touches – I just wish we’d had eight or nine Liam Burt’s today.”

As well as being a star for Rangers, Burt is currently a Scotland U19 international.

Mehki Leacock McLeod

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Recently signed from Wolves after a trial period, the English winger made his U20 debut in a 2-1 defeat to Falkirk last night.

But his performance from the bench was praised by Durrant who hailed his new signing as someone who would get bums off of seats.

He said: “Mekhi hasn’t had a game for two months and he showed what he is about tonight, he has blistering pace and is a handful.”

“We need to get him as fit as we can and we have a lot of games coming up so you’ll see a lot of him.

“He’ll get you on the edge of your seats because he is absolutely electric and he can score a goal as well.”

The winger trained with the Ibrox first team when he arrived on trial, but could find it tough to get much game time this season with the amount of attacking options Warburton has.

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Ross McCrorie

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The versatile defender was named Rangers U20 captain at the start of the season despite this being his first full season at the age group.

Alongside his brother, goalkeeper Robby, he has been highly rated throughout his time in the Murray Park youth system and made the bench for the 4-0 win over Dumbarton back in December.

The 17-year-old is regularly involved with Mark Warburton's squad, although he often has to settle for a place in the stand rather than on the bench, but his performances for the U20s and in Scotland youth squads mean that he won't go unnoticed for long at Ibrox.