Glasgow Rangers fans had to watch as the Ibrox side failed to make any impression during their Scottish Cup semi-final with Celtic.
Rangers manager Pedro Caixinha
Barry Ferguson has taken to the Daily Record to warn Rangers fans that the chances of a mass clear out of the squad this summer will not be high, especially with the side’s two best players from this season, in his opinion, being the only squad members whose contracts expire at the end of the campaign.
Sunday’s defeat to Celtic in the semi-final of the Scottish Cup is likely to ensure that this season will go down as one that Gers fans would like to forget quickly despite it being their first back at the highest level.
And while the margin between the two teams will have tempted many Light Blues supporters to urge Pedro Caixinha to oversee plenty of player departures this summer, Ferguson has insisted that Rangers are not in a good position to move a lot of players on.
“The reaction is always extreme after Old Firm games. A lot of people are saying some of these Rangers players might only have a couple of months left but in some cases they’ve got years on their contracts,” he told the Record.
Rangers’ Kenny Miller reacts
“The only ones whose deals are up at the end of season are Clint Hill and Miller who have been the two best players along with goalie Wes Foderingham.
“It’s not easy just to get rid of players. We also don’t know what funds will be available to Caixinha in the summer. All the noises coming out of Parkhead is that they have got a pot to go and strengthen their team with three or four players.”
Rangers’ Clint Hill
While Clint Hill and Kenny Miller’s respective ages will tempt some to suggest that the club should not hand them new deals, Ferguson is probably right to suggest that they are a couple of the few players that will emerge from this campaign with any credit, and thus, probably deserve an extra year at Ibrox.
If they decide to allow the pair to move on but fail to sell any of the fringe players, and then subsequently fail to sign any of their main targets, Caixinha could have an even tougher job on his hands than the one he faced when he arrived through the door.
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