GVB 'nailed-on' to axe Rangers let-down and unleash 'magnificent' star tonight - BBC pundit

Scott Arfield is ‘nailed-on’ to return to the Rangers team for their Europa League clash with Red Star Belgrade at the expense of Fashion Sakala. 

That’s according to the former Gers defender Alan Hutton, who was speaking to Football Insider.

Rangers are due to face reigning Serbian champions Red Star in the first leg of their Round of 16 tie at Ibrox on Thursday night.

Giovanni van Bronckhorst selected Sakala in the right-wing position for Saturday’s win over Aberdeen, with Arfield then replacing him for the final 31 minutes.

The Dutchman did say, however, that he benched the Canadian initially in order to give him something of a rest.

Hutton fully expects Van Bronckhorst to favour one of his ‘main men’ in Arfield over Sakala given the latter’s lack of end product.

“I think Arfield comes back in for Sakala, I think that would be nailed on,” the BBC Radio 5 Live man said to FI.

“Sakala for me, I’m watching him and you just want him to relax on the ball. Everything he tries to do, he tries to just smash the ball.

“He gets into really good areas, he picks up the ball well, he runs at people. Just that final pass, that final decision can sometimes let him down.

“Arfield, he’s one of the main men for me and Van Bronckhorst, especially on European nights.”

Arfield only actually started one of Rangers’ six group-stage games – the 1-1 draw with Brondby back in November.

But he earned a spot in Van Bronckhorst’s line-up for both legs of the play-off clash with Borussia Dortmund.

It was a somewhat tricky night for the 33-year-old in the second leg, though, as he missed a ‘big chance’, won only two out of seven duels and failed to complete either of the dribbles he attempted (via SofaScore).

But it’s possible that Van Bronckhorst