Rory Wilson announces Rangers exit as Aston Villa lead the race to sign teenage goal sensation

Teenage striker Rory Wilson has revealed he is left Rangers as Aston Villa emerge as favourites to signal him.

The Scotland U-17 striker needs to maneuver to England and has been strongly linked with a transfer to Premier League facet Villa, managed by former Ibrox boss Steven Gerrard.

Wilson, 16, scored for his nation within the youth Euros in Israel towards Denmark, taking his season's tally to 49 after a prolific season within the Rangers academy.

However he is now confirmed he needs to search for a unique problem south of the border.

He mentioned: "Rangers have been sensible for me. There isn't any getting away from that.

"However it is time to transfer on and get to the following stage.

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"I would prefer to thank Rangers for every thing they've achieved for me as a result of it has been nice for me during the last eight years, however it is time to go away.

"I am going to in all probability be happening south.

"We'll wait and see what occurs within the subsequent couple of weeks. Every thing might be sorted very quickly.

"At Rangers, all of the coaches have been implausible for me. I can not thank them sufficient for all their assist.

"I need to go down south and try to show myself and develop into a prime participant and that is what I'm going to do."

Wilson began all three video games as Brian McLaughlin's facet went out of the match after three defeats to Portugal, Denmark and Sweden.

McLaughlin labelled him as 'top-of-the-line younger strikers in Europe' earlier than the match and he definitely did his repute no hurt.

And Wilson, who has now scored seven objectives for Scotland Below 17s in 9 appearances, insisted he cherished enjoying within the European Championships.

He mentioned: "The match was an awesome expertise for me. Clearly, we did not get the outcomes we needed, however to play towards a number of the greatest younger gamers in Europe was nice for me.

"I am going to take quite a bit from it.

"The purpose I scored towards Denmark was my forty ninth of the season and I might have cherished to have scored my fiftieth towards Sweden, but it surely simply wasn't to be.

"I am going to have a break and prepare for subsequent season now.

"I've actually loved my season. I've cherished enjoying each minute of it. The season was nice for me personally and to attain that quantity of objectives was an additional bonus for me."

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