16 Rangers players facing the axe in Michael Beale’s promised cull as Kemar Roofe question lurks

They're performing together for the remainder of this season but Michael Beale is making up a new Rangers band for next term.

The Ibrox manager has revealed he believes his Light Blues squad is too big and will look to perform a summer makeover, with numerous players out of contract, away from the club on loan and more seeing game time limited. He took over as manager from Giovanni van Bronckhorst last year and has already signed Nicolas Raskin plus Todd Cantwell, with a pursuit of Swansea City's Morgan Whittaker eventually failing.

A goalkeeper will definitely be on the agenda with Allan McGregor now 41 and neither Jon McLaughlin nor Robby McCrorie being able to dislodge him permanently, and there are other senior stars who will be pondering what comes next for them in their career. With all that in mind, Record Sport takes a dive into who Beale could look to cull in the summer.

We'll work our way from goalkeeper through the rest of the squad. Beale said in the January window he will be targeting a new No.1 in the summer. As mentioned, McGregor is past 40 now and was widely expected to call it a day last season, but he has carried on as No,1 this term for the most part. But at this stage, every season he does play if any going forward will be debated as potentially his last. He’s almost certainly to stop playing but could there be a coaching role at the club?

Could McGregor's deputy also follow him out the door? Number three Robby McCrorie is viewed kindly in the camp and while he's 25 next month, is unlikely to leave on a permanent basis. A door has to open for him sooner or later to continue his progress towards a potential No.1 berth and that could mean McLaughlin makes way. Beale has said he rates McCrorie.

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