Udinese, Tottenham and Manchester City are also interested in the player

Lack of playing time has seen the midfielder stall on a new contract

Rangers are moving in on Liverpool’s former Under-19s captain Jordan Rossiter.

The 19-year-old has made three first-team appearances since graduating from the club’s academy but a lack of competitive football has seen him stall on signing a new contract.

This has alerted Rangers’ head of recruitment, Frank McParland - who both scouted and nurtured young talent during his time at Liverpool - and the Ibrox club are now hoping to see off interest from Udinese, Tottenham and Manchester City by taking the player to Glasgow on a long-term deal.

Rangers are among the clubs moving in on Liverpool’s former Under-19s captain Jordan Rossiter

Merseyside-born Rossiter came under Liverpool’s wing aged just six and made his debut for the Under-18s on his 15th birthday.

A promotion to the Under-19s for a NextGen game against Inter Milan prompted Anfield icon Robbie Fowler to compare him to Steven Gerrard.

Although he made his debut in a League Cup tie against Middlesbrough two years ago and followed that up with a substitute appearance against Arsenal in the Premier League this season, and a Europa League run-out against Bordeaux, the England Under-19s player has rarely featured under Jurgen Klopp.

Rangers believe the chance to play regularly in the top flight of Scottish football, as well as a possible European adventure, might yet swing the deal in their favour.

Meanwhile, Ibrox captain Lee Wallace has insisted Mark Warburton is destined to manage one of England’s major clubs.

However, while admitting the former Brentford boss is hugely ambitious, the left-back hopes his manager will stick around to see out his next set of career goals in Glasgow.

Rossiter celebrates scoring the opening goal during the League Cup tie against Middlesbrough in 2014

‘I definitely think the manager will be going to the English Premier League,’ said Wallace. I do think he is destined for the very top.

‘He is a top manager and a top human being, and I know he is ambitious. He made his ambitions clear on his first day in the job at Rangers. ‘We are nearly there with those ambitions but then a whole new set of ambitions will be unleashed next season in the top flight.

‘The manager has got to grips with what Rangers, as a club, stands for.

‘We are a competitive side and he will want the best possible silverware for us.

‘Let’s hope, for the sake of the club, he stays for the foreseeable future. ‘That he has four or five years with us, winning the top flight and bringing European football back to Ibrox.’