Time to go: GVB must brutally axe Rangers dud whose value has dropped 83% since 2018 - opinion

Rangers central midfielder Steven Davis has found himself out of favour at Ibrox this year and is facing an uncertain future in Glasgow under Giovanni van Bronckhorst.

The veteran has been rarely used by the manager in recent months and is out of contract at the end of the campaign. There has been no official confirmation on whether or not he will be offered fresh terms, with the boss and Ross Wilson set to make a call on his situation before next season.

It is time for the Dutch head coach to brutally axe Davis from the club this summer. He must not offer the midfielder a new contract and should allow him to leave on a free transfer or retire instead.

Davis has only played once in the Premiership since the turn of the year and has not featured in any of the club’s Europa League knockout ties. In fact, he has played as many matches for Northern Ireland in 2022 (one) as he has in the league for the Gers, which shows how far he is down the pecking order at club level.

The likes of John Lundstram, Glen Kamara, James Sands, Joe Aribo, Aaron Ramsey, Ryan Jack and Scott Arfield are all ahead of him. This has made it very difficult for him to force his way back into the side and that is reflected in his lack of appearances this year.

He is coming towards the end of his playing career and this is reflected in his market value. At the start of 2018, he was valued at £5.4m by Transfermarkt whilst playing for Southampton in the Premier League.

Since then, his age has caught up with him and, at the time of writing (28/03/22), Transfermarkt value him at £900k. This means that his value has dropped by a whopping 83% in that time, illustrating that he is in the twilight of his playing days.

Therefore, Rangers must not extend his stay