No offers for Tavernier, says Rangers boss

Philippe Clement insists Rangers person received nary bids for James Tavernier, nor has his skipper asked to leave.

British football's highest scoring defender has been many times linked pinch a move to Turkey this summer, pinch nan transportation model still unfastened there.

The full-back, 32, was progressive successful a verbal confrontation extracurricular Ibrox successful nan aftermath of Rangers' 3-0 conclusion astatine Celtic Park connected 1 September.

"He ne'er came to my office, 'I want to go' and location was ne'er an connection successful that measurement towards nan club," head Clement said.

"In 8 months, I ne'er seen a subordinate making truthful galore transfers because I publication truthful galore times that he was going to spell location and location and location - and he's still here."

Tavernier has made 467 Rangers appearances since 2015, scoring 125 of his 133 profession goals for nan Ibrox side.

The Englishman has won nan Scottish Premiership, Scottish Cup and League Cup and led Rangers successful nan 2022 Europa League final.

However, he has attracted criticism, which Clement says comes pinch nan territory of being skipper.

"It's not a bully thing," said nan Belgian.

"If you're captain, you're a awesome of a squad and group spot you that way. I had nan aforesaid acquisition arsenic earlier successful Bruges and I was location 10 years, for illustration Tav.

"In nan moments erstwhile it's really good, it's really bully to beryllium captain. In moments erstwhile nan squad doesn't perform, it's not only astir you, it's astir nan squad and you don't scope nan expectations of nan fans astatine moments, you're nan first 1 that they talk to, that they outcry to.

"I had these moments besides successful my career. It's portion of of being captain. He takes it really mature and he's very motivated to get really bully results nan adjacent mates of months and to get nan emotion backmost of everyone successful nan club.

"The emotion is from a batch of group still location and immoderate group were very, very disappointed aft nan Celtic game, which we tin understand because we were also.

"It's easy to tally distant from your responsibilities. He wholly doesn't do that."