While a succession of Rangers managers have had to address various key positions at Ibrox over the best part of the last decade, one area they haven't had to look at is right back. And that's because James Tavernier has had the confidence of every boss from Mark Warburton to Michael Beale.
Steven Gerrard even trusted him enough to award him the captain's armband after Lee Wallace's controversial end to his Ibrox career and Giovanni van Bronckhorst and Beale have been happy to stick with him as their on-field leader. In terms of consistency and goals, Tavernier has proved huge value for money for a couple of hundred grand from Wigan Athletic in 2016.
But the 31-year-old can't go on for ever and it's an area that will need to be addressed at some point. Nathan Patterson would have been that man but Rangers cashed in him with a big money move to Everton, some of which was spent on Mateusz Zukowski but he was quickly sent back to Poland on loan. Youngster Adam Devine is also on the books but it would be a big leap for him to become a first team regular. And Dujon Sterling is a name that has now emerged, with the versatile right back linked with a loan move to Beale's QPR last summer from his parent club Chelsea. That suggest he's a player the Ibrox boss knows well and with his contract soon to be up then the Gers boss cold go in again. Record Sport takes a look at the latest target.
Born in London to Jamaican parents, his footballing career started at his current club Chelsea when he joined their academy at the age of just eight years old. He has established himself as a right back but has shown his versatility in his fledgling career having played both as a striker and winger for the Blues youth team. In fact, he scored
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