Kris Commons has challenged Ryan Kent to buck up his concepts as he faces a struggle to begin towards former membership Liverpool.
The 25-year-old is out of contract subsequent summer season and has endured an inconsistent run of kind which resulted in boss Gio van Bronckhorst demanding extra from the extensive man. And Kent was a sub throughout Saturday's 4-0 romp over St Mirren with each Vogue Sakala and Rabbi Matondo catching the attention.
Kent's monitor report in Europe will see him in competition, nevertheless, the previous Celtic star desires the winger to find a perceived lack of maturity in his recreation and including extra objectives and assists to if he's to rediscover his finest towards the toiling Reds in a Champions League blockbuster at Ibrox on Wednesday night time.
Talking within the Each day Mail, Commons stated: "Kent has been poor all season and was lastly dropped on Saturday. It was a reasonably public kick up the bottom. This has been a very long time coming for a participant with whom followers are rising annoyed. Kent is out of contract on the finish of the season. In the intervening time, he is not doing sufficient to justify a brand new deal. The one factor that might make Rangers provide him one is the very fact they do not need to lose him on a free. He must buck up his concepts, so it will be attention-grabbing to see if Van Bronckhorst has been capable of get a response from him if he is again within the staff for the Champions League recreation with Liverpool on Wednesday.
"There is a feeling that Kent generally is a little little bit of a present pony at instances with all the flamboyant flicks and stepovers. However he is not offering this Rangers staff with anyplace close to sufficient finish product. If you happen to take a look at the participant who first arrived at Ibrox on mortgage in 2018, has he actually improved or developed all that a lot? I am not so certain he has.
"There's nonetheless a way of immaturity and naivety in his recreation. I do not see him as being anyplace close to the identical degree as Jota or Abada. Kent does have expertise. However he wants to point out extra intelligence in his play within the closing third. Jota and Abada know the way to assault area and get objectives, whereas Kent does not try this. The gauntlet has been thrown down by Van Bronckhorst. It's going to be attention-grabbing to see what response Kent gives over these subsequent few weeks."
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