Rangers have emerged as a potential destination for Rushian Hepburn-Murphy should his contract stand-off with Aston Villa go unresolved, Sportsmail understands.
Villa are trying to tie down the talented youngster to a new deal given his current terms, signed in September 2015, expire next summer but so far discussions are at an impasse.
Rangers are understood to be monitoring the situation and may try to take advantage of FIFA rules that enable out-of-contract players under the age of 24 to move across the border to Scotland for minimal compensation.
In the summer Mark Warburton signed Jordan Rossiter from Liverpool and Joe Dodoo from Leicester using the regulations at a combined cost of £500,000.