Nathan Patterson: Everton close to £10m move for Rangers & Scotland full-back

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Nathan Patterson has made six appearances for Rangers this season

Rangers right-back Nathan Patterson will have a medical at Everton on Tuesday as the Premier League club near a £10m move for the defender.

Manager Rafael Benitez first moved for the 20-year-old in the summer.

Rangers' then-boss Steven Gerrard said the Scotland international would not be sold and Everton's bid was rejected.

Talks have resumed over a deal with add-ons and Everton are optimistic they are close to landing a successor to captain Seamus Coleman, 33.

The youngster is highly regarded at Ibrox but has struggled for game time under Gerrard and his successor Giovanni van Bronckhorst because of the form of captain James Tavernier, playing just six times this term.

Patterson has made 27 club appearances in total, scoring twice, and netted his first Scotland goal in the victory against Moldova in November. He has six international caps and featured at Euro 2020.

A move to England would make him Everton's second signing of the January window as Benitez, under pressure after Sunday's 3-2 home defeat by Brighton left them struggling in 15th place in the Premier League, seeks to strengthen his defence.

Everton have already completed a deal, understood to be worth up to £17m including add-ons, for Dynamo Kyiv's 22-year-old Ukraine left-back Vitaliy Mykolenko, who has signed a four-year deal.

Rangers sold Alan Hutton to Tottenham in 2008 for around £9m.

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