Wilson�s promotion to Liverpool first team benefits Rangers

[ian1964 10,413]

Danny Wilson has been handed his first real chance to break into the Liverpool first team, with Rangers hoping that he can capitalise on an opening created by Jamie Carragher�s shoulder injury.

 

Carragher, who sustained a dislocation against Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday, will be out for three months and yesterday Wilson was immediately promoted to the side to start against Steaua Bucharest in the Europa League tomorrow evening.

 

Although he earned his first senior Scotland cap in the 3-0 victory over the Faroe Islands last month, the only Liverpool game he has appeared in was their penalty shoot-out defeat to Northampton Town in the Carling Cup.

 

Rangersââ?¬â?¢ interest in Wilson is more than just the normal goodwill towards a product of their youth development system. He left for Ã?£2m in July but there are substatial ââ?¬Å?add-onââ?¬Â payments with financial rewards for the Ibrox club if and when he starts his first Barclays Premier League game and again when he reaches 10, 20 and subsequent appearance triggers.

 

Roy Hogdson, the Liverpool manager, spoke with the 19-year-old before the Faroes match and told him he had been impressed with his work and attitude since moving south in the summer. Hogdson is known generally to prefer experience over youth, which may mean Wilson has longer to wait than would be the case at other clubs, but so far there have been no discussions about sending him out on loan when the transfer window opens in January. The long-term absence of Carragher has moved him up the pecking order. Martin Skrtel and the former Rangers defender Sotirios Kyrgiakos are their other available, senior centre-halves. Daniel Agger is out with a calf injury. Hodgson said: ââ?¬Å?Martin Kelly and Danny Wilson will start against Steaua Bucharest and itââ?¬â?¢s a great opportunity for them to stake a claim to be in the first team. On paper Iââ?¬â?¢m taking a weakened team, but I believe people like Joe Cole, Ryan Babel, Milan Jovanovic, Danny Wilson, Christian Poulsen and Jonjo Shelvey are more than capable of doing a good job for Liverpool.ââ?¬Â

 

Wilsonââ?¬â?¢s former Murray Park clubmate, Kyle Hutton, said he was an example to all young Scottish players. ââ?¬Å?I played with Danny in the under-19s. Seeing what heââ?¬â?¢s done, making his Scotland debut after getting a move to Liverpool, shows that the rewards are there. That gives you added confidence to go and prove yourself.ââ?¬Â

 

http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/rangers/wilson-s-promotion-to-liverpool-first-team-benefits-rangers-1.1071768

[Zappa 0]

He starts out in Bucharest tonight.

[Zappa 0]

The lad played the full 90 mins against Steaua tonight & Liverpool progressed with a game in hand.

[Danny 0]

So we made 2mill up front then will make more as he makes more appearances? Doesn't sound as good a deal as I originally thought.