Overview
- James Tavernier confirmed on Wednesday that this will be his final season at Rangers and said he will give everything until the last day.
- Rangers are in a three-way title race, sitting one point behind Hearts with five games left, and Tavernier wants to sign off with a second league win.
- Across 11 years he logged 562 appearances and 144 goals from right-back, captained the 2020–21 title team, lifted the 2022 Scottish Cup and the 2023–24 League Cup, and fronted the 2022 Europa League run.
- Tavernier recently said the club had not opened talks on a new deal, which fueled debate over whether the exit was his call, and some pundits called the timing of his statement bizarre.
- With a free-agent departure ahead, Rangers must replace their captain and right-back, with analysis naming Nico Raskin or Jack Butland as armband options as tributes arrive from former teammates and early links abroad remain speculative.