Jason Jones

Sat 9 May 2020 11:48, UK

We’re delighted to welcome former Scottish Premiership defender Alex Bruce as our exclusive columnist. Each week he’ll be giving his views on the biggest talking points at Rangers…

Alex Bruce has said that Rangers wouldn’t be able to attract anyone better than Steven Gerrard to Ibrox and that it’s too soon to judge him as a manager.

There’s been feverish speculation about whether Gerrard will be in charge next season with it looking like the 19/20 season will end with no silverware and Celtic as champions again.

Celtic are currently 13 points clear at the top with the season currently suspended through the Coronavirus outbreak.

Talking to Ibrox News, Bruce said that it was always going to be hard to reel Celtic back in and that Gerrard should be judged after five or six seasons.

“Who’re they going to get that’d be any better?” Bruce said. “That would be my question to the Rangers board.

“He’s a huge name, he’s put Rangers really, really back on the map when they were at a low ebb after they got back into the Premiership with all the trouble they had.

“They attracted a huge name in Steven Gerrard, and for me, he has done well. He’s stabilised them in that top two, and to bridge that gap between themselves and Celtic was always going to be difficult given the job that Brendan Rodgers did and Neil Lennon’s done as well.

“It’s a difficult one to try and compete with Celtic because they’ve had a good number of years to build a squad and put the footings in place. Stevie’s only been there two seasons. Let’s judge him after five or six and see where he’s at.”

Gerrard himself said that he was looking forward to getting on with the job at Rangers in an interview with talkSPORT last week.

We want to see him in charge at the start of next season.

However, silverware is crucial in Scotland and Gerrard will simply have to deliver next season.

In other Rangers news, Ex-SPL chief Roger Mitchell claims Rangers are in ‘dire financial straits’.