With Danilo becoming Rangers’ eighth summer signing, the Ibrox club’s frontline looks formidable.

The Brazilian will team up with former Eredivisie stars Sam Lammers and Cyriel Dessers, but can all three play in the same side?

We caught up with Dutch football expert Michael Statham from Football Oranje to get an insight into the trio and what we can expect when they pull on the famous blue jersey.

Do you think Danilo has the tools to do well at Rangers?

Yes, I do. I’m looking forward to seeing him transition away from the Eredivisie, that’s the first thing but I think he’ll get plenty of goals depending on how many games he’s going to get with the three strikers Rangers have signed. Danilo is used to the expectations that come with playing in front of huge crowds and big clubs, he’s done it with Ajax and Feyenoord. He’s used to being a bench player although he had the one season at Twente where he scored a bunch of goals in the first half of the season and struggled in the second half of the season. Going to Feyenoord he knew he wasn’t going to be the starting striker but he was aware of the opportunities he would have with injuries, cup games, and European games and he got double figures last season. He was effective from the bench but now he’s going from being a substitute striker to now being loved as one of the spearheads of a team. That’s what he would want otherwise he would’ve stayed at Feyenoord.

Can Danilo, Dessers, and Lammers play together?

I don’t think so. It’s really fascinating to me that Rangers have gone for all three. I know they needed strikers and they’ll probably go two up top but still, I am a little surprised. Two out of those three are very good signings. I think the two together will definitely work. I think Sam Lammers was signed to help with the build-up. On Danilo and Dessers, I actually thought Rangers would go for one or the other because they’re quite similar but going for all three shows that they are thinking ahead. Dessers is someone that is used to leading the front line by himself and that’s why I think Dessers with Lammers could work. Lammers’ technical ability is good, working out wide sometimes and holding the ball up whereas Dessers plays on the last shoulder of a defender and is a poacher as well. I really like Cyriel Dessers. I hope they all do well but I have the highest hopes for Dessers because he’s very lovable and has had a reputation of scoring goals in the Netherlands. I really liked him when he played for Feyenoord in the Conference League, he loves the high press and I know Rangers are up for that as well so it just all works. Dessers will love scoring goals for Rangers. Danilo has got that similar background of playing for big teams so playing for a club of this size isn’t going to scare him. That’s how it’s fascinating, I don’t know how the three of them will perform going to Scotland. I don’t think the three will work together but two together will certainly work.

How do you feel Lammers will perform?

I think anyone that’s watched football over a good period of time knows that confidence is so big in football. Lammers is one of those who can recover that and really succeed at Rangers. His potential was so high when he was younger. He was one of those players we watched at Football Oranje and thought he would play for the national team and he would score goals for PSV and then injury struck and he decided to move away to play for teams where he wasn’t going to play very much and hardly score any goals. It was a poor choice to move away. Covid didn’t help as well because he was recovering from injury and then Covid struck and couldn’t play for another six months and then he just moved to Italy at completely the wrong time. Going to Italy and hardly playing at all just shot his confidence and going from loan move to loan move wasn’t ideal. But he was good with Heerenveen and scored around one in every two games. If he can get that confidence and ability back that we’ve seen before then he could be a very good player.

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Do you think it will be money well spent by Rangers?

I really do. I think there are lots of goals between the three of them. It will be interesting how Lammers links up with the other two. Danilo and Dessers will score goals, they’ve proven that before. I know that every move hasn’t worked out for Dessers in his career but he’s shown me enough at Heracles and Feyenoord that he has got that ability to score goals and be loved by the fans. He, like Lammers, needs a place to settle and not move on after a year or two and Danilo would also fit into that bracket.