Rangers youngster James Maxwell is on the verge of completing his loan switch to Ayr United.
The left-back spent last season farmed out to Queen of the South at Palmerston Park and impressed during his stint.
Gers had considered keeping the 19-year-old in and around the first-team to train and allowing him to play for the B-team. But Herald and Times Sport understands he will instead star in the Championship for the Honest Men.
It is understood there will also be an option for Gers to recall the player in January.
He featured a handful of times for their B-team last season in the Challenge Cup but it was at the Doonhamers where he began to make his name.
Maxwell starred 32 times for Allan Johnston's side where he earned rave reviews after scoring five goals and chipping in with assists.
He was in line to play for Gers' B tomorrow in their Lowland League outing against East Stirlingshire at Falkirk Stadium.
READ MORE: Rangers kid Kai Kennedy opens up on summer transfer speculation after signing for Dunfermline
However subject to no injuries to the likes of Borna Barisic or Calvin Bassey - and no Covid-related issues - Maxwell will be unveiled at Ayr next week.
There was recent interest from the top flight in Norway, but Ayr have won the race to bring the defender to Somerset Park.
Maxwell is the second young Light Blue this week to depart Ibrox on loan after Kai Kennedy headed to Dunfermline.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereLast Updated:
Report this comment Cancel