Connor Goldson by his side. The 29-year-old reckons much of last season’s success, which saw Steven Gerrard’s side romp to a first title in a decade by 25 points, wouldn’t have been possible without Goldson who played every minute of the campaign.
Attention now turns to Europe with Rangers back in the Champions League mix for the first time since 2011. And Tavernier says vice-captain Goldson, who underwent surgery on a life-threatening heart condition just four years ago, is pivotal to the club’s hopes.
He said: “I’ve loved it from the first moment Connor came in. I was with him at Shrewsbury so I knew him before he came here and we gelled straight away.“If it wasn’t for Connor next to me we wouldn’t have probably got the amount of success.
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