Rangers’ task holding onto James Tavernier and Wes Foderingham surely now more difficult

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Glasgow Rangers pair James Tavernier and Wes Foderingham have both been linked with moves away from Ibrox recently.

The January transfer window had not even opened when Rangers pair James Tavernier and Wes Foderingham found themselves linked with moves away from Ibrox last week.

The Daily Mail reported that Sunderland and Reading were looking at Tavernier, while The Scottish Sun suggested that Foderingham was catching the eye of former Gers boss Mark Warburton at Nottingham Forest.

Warburton may have since been sacked at the City Ground, but it would certainly be no surprise if the stopper was still attracting interest from elsewhere given that he has arguably been one of the Light Blues’ most consistent performers in the Scottish Premiership this season.

And it is surely now fair to say that Rangers’ last performance before the winter break in Scotland will have only made Graeme Murty’s job of keeping the pair at Ibrox much tougher.

The Gers went into the break on a high as they drew with Celtic at Parkhead – thus, avoiding defeat against their bitter rivals for only the second time since their return to the Scottish Premiership – and the two players were arguably crucial to Rangers securing a point.

Foderingham made a couple of brilliant saves during the first-half – especially when James Forrest found himself through on goal after an excellent move into the box – and those stops meant that Rangers were able to push for a winner when they were on top in the second-half rather than simply look for the goal that would get them back level.

While the goalkeeper was excellent, Tavernier’s display at Parkhead was arguably the performance that deserved the most plaudits. The right-back defended well and constantly looked a threat going forward down Celtic’s left-hand side.

Murty will have undoubtedly been delighted with the pair, as well as the rest of the team, but he may also have thought that the potential downside to both men putting in such excellent displays is that they may well now be even harder to keep hold of during this window.