James Tavernier in vow to Rangers fans after Seville agony as he declares 'this is not the end of us'

James Tavernier has vowed Rangers will emerge from their Seville sickener stronger than ever as he insisted Europa League heartbreak can inspire his side to new heights.

The Ibrox captain is faced with having to lift the spirits of his devastated team-mates after their cruel loss to Eintracht Frankfurt on penalties.

But Gio van Bronckhorst’s brave troops don’t have long to wallow in their agony.

Their weary limbs will be pressed back into action tomorrow afternoon as they look to salvage their season by beating Hearts to the Scottish Cup.

But Tavernier believes victory at Hampden could act as a spur for his side to spark a golden era.

Aaron Ramsey was the fall guy at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium after the on-loan Juventus ace had his penalty turned away by Kevin Trapp but Tavernier said: “I couldn’t be more proud of him to step up. We’re all round him. We’re all round the young boys.

“We’ve got great experience in the dressing room and we’re all round each other.

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“This is not the end of us. This is the start of something special with this team.

“We want to be building from this to make the fans proud and really push on from this moment.

“With the squad that we’ve got, we’re always