How Fabio Silva can put Wolves woes behind him and shine at Rangers

AS someone who played alongside the legendary Andy Gray for much of his Wolves career, Mel Eves knows a top class striker when he sees one.

Eves, who weighed in with his fair share of goals himself during his time at Molineux in the 1970s and 1980s, relished linking up with Gray in attack when the Scotland internationalist was at the peak of his considerable powers.

“You are talking about a proper footballer there,” he said. “Andy was brilliant to play with. I played wide of him and I also played up front with him. He was top drawer. He had a phenomenal work rate, was great in the air and was as brave as a lion.”

The former England B player has been impressed with Fabio Silva, the Portuguese forward who has joined Rangers on loan from Wolves until the end of the season, in the past few seasons as well.

Silva has struggled to justify the £35m transfer fee which the West Midlands club paid Porto to secure his services back in 2020 and went out to Anderlecht in Belgium and PSV Eindhoven in the Netherlands in order to get games last season.

However, Eves feels the 21-year-old has been unlucky not to establish himself as a regular in Gary O’Neil’s team and is convinced he can be a potent weapon in the final third for Philippe Clement both at home and abroad in the coming months.