£30,000-p/w Rangers star James Tavernier attracting interest from Saudi League

Danny Rohl insists Rangers will be “tough to stop” if they start to marry performances with results.

Rangers preparing for crucial Aberdeen clash

A hard-fought 1-0 win over St Mirren last Sunday left Rangers three points behind William Hill Premiership leaders Hearts and one behind Celtic, with eight fixtures remaining.

Three welcome points in Paisley came a week after Rangers were knocked out of the Scottish Gas Scottish Cup by the Hoops at Ibrox on penalties, despite dominating most of the 120 minutes.

Ahead of the visit of Aberdeen at Ibrox on Saturday, Rohl said: “If you bring performance and results together, then I think everyone would be very happy.

“Let’s look back to the last five games. We played a strong performance against Hearts with a good result (4-2). Then we played 50 minutes, 55 minutes against Celtic strong, not with the result we wanted (2-2).

“We played Livingston away, a performance with a lot of chances, but we couldn’t take the win (2-2).

“At home we played over 120 minutes, a good performance, but we didn’t take the result. And now we had one game where we performed not on our highest level, but we took the result.

“You see it as mixed. My wish, of course, is that we have performance and result together. Then I think it will be tough to stop us.

“The key is that we go into the international break with the three points, and then we have two more games and then we go into the split.

“Time is running out, less games to go, and for us it’s about winning games.”

Rangers gifted pre-Aberdeen injury boost as Rohl now welcomes star back to training

The Teddy Bears have another crucial clash on the horizon.

Rohl has doubts over Andreas Skov Olsen and Mikey Moore for the Aberdeen clash but is hoping Mohamed Diomande will be fit while confident that Tuur Rommens will shrug off a knock.

Rangers chiefs conflicted over Tavernier contract situation

According to a report from Football InsiderRangers chiefs would prefer to extend captain James Tavernier’s contract largely due to his experience and leadership, but there is ‘major concern’ about his age, with the full-back set to turn 35 later this year.

Given he is one of the highest paid players in the Rangers squad on £30,000-a-week, there is risk involved in extending his terms, especially as the player would prefer it to be a longer deal.

Not only that, there is once again interest from the Saudi Pro League’s mega rich clubs, having previously fought off interest from Al-Ettifaq.

This has all led to hestiancy within the Ibrox boardroom, with a decision needed in the coming weeks if they are to ramp up talks over a new deal.