The Scotland striker is rumoured to be on his way back to Ibrox where he played for under Dick Advocaat in season 2000-01.

Miller, 28, failed to pin down a regular first team spot and after a spell at Wolves, he signed for Celtic in 2006 where he again lasted only one season before moving to Derby.

The Edinburgh-born player said recently: "If something like that was to come up, you would be silly to rule it out."

However, during Saturday's Scottish Cup final at Hampden where Rangers beat Queen of the South 3-2, the Light Blues fans let manager Walter Smith know their feelings about the prospect of Miller returning to Govan.

Edgar, spokesman for the Rangers Supporters Trust, insisted Miller's ability and not his time at Celtic was the sticking point among the majority of Ibrox supporters.

He told PA Sport: "First of all, let me say that it's not for me to tell Walter Smith who to sign and if he does think that the best way forward is to sign Kenny Miller, then I will get behind him.

"Rangers fans in general would never tell any Rangers manager who to sign and certainly not Walter Smith.

"But the level of dissent shown by the supporters against a player who hasn't yet signed for us is unprecedented.

"I certainly haven't heard anything like it before.

"We were 2-0 up in a Scottish Cup final and the Rangers fans were singing against Miller - that is an indication of how strongly the fans feel about it.

"He is a deeply unpopular player and it is clear that the fans don't want him and I would say it is the vast majority rather than a minority who feel this way.

"It has nothing to do with him being an ex-Celtic player, they don't like him because he is not good enough.

"Rangers fans don't care about a player's background and they would have no problem with signing an ex-Celtic player if he was going to improve the team.

"But Miller has had two attempts at the Old Firm, both at the time when the clubs were champions, and he failed spectacularly.

"He played in a Celtic team that won the title by around 20 points and he scored four goals.

"So will Rangers fans welcome him with open arms? No.

"We have done remarkably well with a limited squad this season," Edgar added.

"What we want to see is a bit of class added so we can kick on but he is simply not any better than what we have at the moment.

"He would have an awful lot of work to do to convince Rangers fans and you can see in the way that a section of Celtic supporters haven't taken to their manager Gordon Strachan that some football fans will never be convinced, no matter what is achieved."

One player Rangers are definitely showing a keen interest in is Burnley striker Kyle Lafferty.

The Govan club, who were linked with the Northern Ireland international during the January transfer window, failed with an undisclosed bid three weeks ago.

However, Smith could return with an improved offer for the 20-year-old.

Lafferty, contracted to Burnley until 2010, stands six foot four inches tall and can play as a conventional target man as well as wide on the left.

Celtic offered the Lancashire side £2.5million plus fringe player Derek Riordan in January, a year after a bid of £500,000 was rejected, but that was also knocked back.

Fulham had a bigger offer of £4million rejected last August when Lawrie Sanchez, who capped Lafferty for Northern Ireland, was boss of the London club.

Burnley will be looking for at least that figure if they are to lose the striker to the Clydesdale Bank Premier League.

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