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da 888casino： Former Rangers midfielder Giovanni van Bronckhorst thinks big name players like Steven Davis and Jermain Defoe will be crucial to Steven Gerrard’s starting eleven next season, as reported by The Scottish Sun.
What’s he said?
The Rangers squad is currently enjoying a close-season break ahead of returning to training later this month in preparation for July’s European qualifiers, but fans and pundits are already looking ahead to the domestic challenges next term and wondering whether Gerrard’s team can truly compete with Celtic.
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Former Ibrox favourite van Bronckhorst believes they can and reckons relying on veterans like Davis and Defoe will go a long way to finding consistency in results.
As quoted by The Scottish Sun, he said:
Every side needs a blend, Rangers will have plenty of experience in Defoe and Davis.
They have had excellent careers and are excellent professionals. But they will want to show they have plenty more left to offer — and that’s why they will be crucial to any success Rangers are to have in the new season.
Defoe still has the ability to score many goals and link play in the final third. Davis is very calm and stamps his authority in the middle of the park.
Steven Gerrard will be counting on them to push all the way for the title. For a couple of years they were struggling to get close to the level of Celtic, but that is now not the case. They now have to take the positives of the two victories against Celtic last season, and bring that mentality and skill over the course of a full campaign.
Will they be Rangers’ main men?
The initial signs on Davis and Defoe after their January arrival were not good. Looking laboured and unfit, they struggled to make an impact in their early appearances.
Towards the end of the season though both showed their class in a run of games that was arguably the team’s best throughout the entire campaign.
Defoe slotted in seamlessly for the suspended Alfredo Morelos while Davis started to look like his old, trophy-winning self in the heart of Gerrard’s midfield.
Both have a real shot of playing over 30 games next season if they can maintain that form, and having that kind of top level experience running through the team could indeed be crucial for Gerrard.
Can the Rangers boss find the right blend of youth to complement them?