Rangers manager Walter Smith said: “We are currently waiting to hear back from Liverpool after we rejected their original £2million offer.”

Liverpool are aware that if Scotland’s PFA Young Player of the Year stays at Ibrox and sees out the remaining year of his contract they would only have to pay Rangers around £650,000 in compensation next summer.

Livingston-born Wilson, who came through the youth ranks at Rangers, made his first team debut last October and went on to make 25 first-team appearances.

Tottenham are also interested in Wilson and Rangers chief executive Martin Bain admitted they rejected approaches from two English Premier League clubs back in January.

Meanwhile, Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel handed Slovakia a major boost ahead of the World Cup finals after completing 90 minutes in their 1-1 draw with Cameroon.

The Liverpool centre-back only returned to full training earlier this month after suffering a broken metatarsal against Unirea in February.

Fernando Torres and Pepe Reina both sat out Spain’s 3-2 win over Saudi Arabia.

Krisztian Nemeth, who spent last season on loan at AEK Athens, was introduced as a second-half substitute for Hungary in their 3-0 defeat to Germany.

Stephen Darby saw his hopes of helping Swindon Town earn promotion end in heartache as they lost 1-0 to Millwall in the League One play-off final at Wembley Stadium.

The on-loan Liverpool defender came on as a 67th-minute substitute with the Robins already trailing to Paul Robinson’s first-half strike.