James Tavernier still has major Rangers role as Philippe Clement addresses big call and hints at what is to come
dailyrecord.co.ukJames Tavernier was forced to take a seat in Athens.But Philippe Clement is adamant the Rangers faithful haven’t seen their skipper’s last stand just yet.
The right-back was the surprise absentee as the team lines dropped at the Karaiskakis Stadium. Not once in his nine-and-a-half year stint had the Englishman before been left out when the stakes where this high.But Clement had a major decision to make after watching the captain labour through Sunday’s Premier Sports Cup semi-final win over Motherwell.
And to be fair to the big Belgian, he got it spot on as he brought in Dujon Sterling to start, with the Ibrox utility man putting on a solid display as he shut out Portuguese winger Gerson Martins.
But even when Sterling limped off early in the second half, he still didn’t turn to his 33-year-old chief lieutenant, with Tavernier only introduced five minutes from time in a midfield role.To those outside of Ibrox, it looks to all intents and purposes that this is the beginning of the end for the veteran stopper.
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