Rangers striker can be title race difference-maker as Rohl waxes lyrical about £8m summer signingCast your mind back to Rangers previous venture east along the M8 to Gorgie when Youssef Chermiti found himself in a place no footballer wants to be – out of favour and struggling to justify the hefty sum it took to sign him from Everton.A 2-1 defeat by Hearts at Tynecastle on December 21 occurred in the midst of summer signing Chermiti’s early Ibrox struggles, a period when supporters would bemoan every missed chance and misplaced pass.Rangers’ sub-standard recruitment was called into question again as £8 million-man Chermiti, their second-most expensive signing in the club’s history, found himself down the pecking order and occupying a seat on the bench against Derek McInnes’ pacesetting Hearts side. Amid the chatter that surrounded Rangers’ big £8.5million outlay on the Portuguese hitman, it is easy to forget that he’s still just 21. Chermiti has shown inconsistency this season, but perhaps that is to be expected in a player still so young. That said, there’s plenty things signalling why he can be a big player both now, and in the future, at Ibrox. He wins more aerial duels than 85% of other strikers in the division, has found the target nine times despite having an xG of just 6.65, and makes more defensive contributions than 77% of other forwards, proving his work rate is up there with the best this season…