which have continued to circulate in the build-up to the Scottish Cup final could quite easily have proved distracting for James Tavernier.
He has, not surprisingly with Viaplay Cup winners Rangers having the chance to complete a double today, not allowed any external noise to deflect his attention away from the immediate task and in hand. “We’ve spoken about it,” he said. “It’s the finer details in these matches. The chances you know you have to take. If you are creating chances, you need to take them. They might have a couple of chances and they might put them into the back of the net.
“First and foremost it’s about winning. It doesn’t matter how you win, as long as you win the game. That’s our aim, to win this game no matter what style we have to play. You want to play pretty football, but at the end of the day it’s about winning the game and picking up that trophy.
Many of Tavernier’s team mates will be moving on to pastures new after today’s game – Leon Balogun, Borna Barisic Ryan Jack, John Lundstram, Jon McLaughlin and Kemar Roofe are all out of contract and a few others are sure to be moved on as manager Philippe Clement oversees a major rebuild.