“You need Ryan Kent. These are the players you need to unlock defences, to get the ball, have the stepover: over left he’s away right and vice-versa.
“He goes and commits somebody, he gets by somebody and someone has to come to him so the defence opens up.
“He is absolutely vital to Rangers.”
Kent has added the numbers to his game this season that Gerrard knew was all he needed to take his football to the next level, 12 goals and 14 assists in all competition but this doesn’t paint the full picture.
Vital Rangers Goal of the Season
Defoe v Livingston
Roofe v Standard Liege
Jack v Kilmarnock
Tavernier v Dundee United
His performance against Celtic in the most recent derby is the norm nowadays which makes him one of the hardest players in the squad to replace, should he depart for pastures new.
Thankfully, he has no plans to leave and a crack at the Champions League will only add to Super Ally’s valuation, Kent has proven in Europe and Old Firms that he is a man for the big occasion and destined for “bigger” things – not yet though, not yet.