Rangers have agreed a deal to sign Hearts captain Lawrence Shankland, subject to a medical.
Your Site News understands the striker will sign an initial two-year deal until the summer of 2028, with an option to extend that by a further 12 months.
The Ibrox club have moved to land the 30-year-old before he departs for the World Cup with Scotland.
Shankland scored 20 goals for Hearts last season, including 16 in the Scottish Premiership, as they missed out on a historic league title on the final day of the season.
Following months of talks, he signed a new three-year deal at Tynecastle Park last summer, while Rangers failed to move for the player who had become a free agent.
However, just 12 months later, the boyhood Rangers fan is set to swap Edinburgh for Glasgow.
Shankland scored 16 Scottish Premiership goals which has earned Hearts a spot in Champions League qualifying as Rangers finished third under Danny Röhl.
Shankland joined Hearts in 2022 from Belgian club Beerschot and has scored 88 goals in 171 games over the last four seasons. He netted 24 league goals in each of the 2022/23 and 2023/24 seasons.
Rangers fan Shankland started his career at Queen's Park alongside Andy Robertson.
His move to Aberdeen in 2013 resulted in loan spells at Dunfermline, St Mirren and Morton, as he looked to make his mark.
It took some time, but that mark was made in 2017. He joined Ayr United as a free agent, on a short-term deal, and scored 29 goals across all competitions in his first season.
During the following season, he struck 34 goals, earning a move to Dundee United, where he fired them back into the top flight with 28 goals in his first season.
Two seasons later and he moved to Belgian club Beerschot where he struggled, as the club were relegated from the top flight.
That led to a return to Scotland as he penned a three-year deal at Hearts and impressed, scoring 24 league goals in his first two seasons.
When his contract ended last summer, there were offers from abroad but not from Ibrox. After months of talks, he opted to stay at Hearts and netted 20 times across all competitions last season, which almost fired the club to league glory.
However, after that season that caught the eye of Rangers chiefs and beyond - the striker who grew up supporting the club is now set to move to Ibrox and undoubtedly become a key player for head coach Röhl.
The move for Shankland may come as a surprise to some.
After all, just 12 months ago, Rangers failed to sign him when he was out of contract. Bearing in mind some fans even wanted him in the January before to boost a title bid, it seemed like the 'Shankland to Rangers' ship had sailed.
However, just a week on from a campaign in which he nearly fired Hearts to their first top-flight title in 66 years, the player has cut his holiday short to move to Glasgow.
On the pitch, it is clear what he can do. Just ask Rangers fans, as he scored four league goals in three games against the Ibrox club during the campaign. However, it is not just his goals that will excite the supporters, but also his leadership skills.
After all, chairman Andrew Cavenagh said the club must sign players who have the right mentality to play for the club after watching them finish third in the league.
The US businessman also wanted recruitment to have an "Scottish Premiership bias" and said Rangers would have "a bias towards Scottish players" too, when it came to this summer.
Well, Shankland hits the nail on the head in every aspect.
He's a leader, he knows the league, he scores goals, and he is Scottish.
Rangers need a new captain after James Tavernier left at the end of his deal. Could Shankland be the man to fill those boots and fire the club back to winning silverware after another trophyless season?
Rangers goalkeeper Liam Kelly is in the final stages of agreeing a new two-year deal at the club.
The 30-year-old was due to be out of contract in the summer but is set to extend his stay until 2028.
He made just three appearances for Rangers this season, with Jack Butland head coach Danny Rohl's No 1.
Despite that, Kelly has secured a spot in Scotland's 26-man squad heading to the World Cup.
Kelly returned to Ibrox in 2024, having first come through the club's academy, and also had spells at Livingston, Queens Park Rangers and Motherwell.
Rangers are expected to be busy this summer as Röhl rebuilds his squad after finishing third in the league this season.
