Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)

Gers Boyd by a Davis comeback

- BY MICHAEL GANNON

KRIS BOYD reckons

Rangers have come up short in recruitmen­t and insists they need to make a splash in January.

But he warned his old club that he’s backing Kilmarnock to shock everyone and lift the title.

The outspoken pundit believes Steven Gerrard must do all he can to bring former Ibrox favourite Steven Davis back to the Light Blues.

The Killie striker, 36, also believes the Hoops faithful will be “disillusio­ned” after a summer of discontent and reckons they will make an impact in the window.

He said: “Rangers need reinforcem­ents and it’s been well documented Davis has been linked. I’d like to see that deal done.

“Rangers’ recruitmen­t has not been great and a number haven’t lived up to their price tags. Celtic didn’t spend much in the summer so January will be key

“A lot of Celtic fans are getting disillusio­ned because they’re not spending. The last time Celtic lost to Rangers they went and got Brendan Rodgers and spent a lot. It’s a big window for both.”

But despite being unable to match whatever the Old Firm do in the transfer market, Boyd is still backing his Rugby Park side to win the Premiershi­p.

He said: “We think we can go all the way, we’ve shown that over the calendar year.

“Since the manager came in we’ve picked up more points than any other team in the league so we do know that on our day if we play to our best we can cause teams problems.

“Its going to be difficult to challenge Rangers and Celtic but if we can get in the mix with Aberdeen, hopefully we stay there.”

 ??  ?? IBROX TARGET Steve Davis is tipped to return
IBROX TARGET Steve Davis is tipped to return
 ??  ?? WE’RE IN TITLE MIX Killie striker Kris Boyd
WE’RE IN TITLE MIX Killie striker Kris Boyd

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