McAvennie lambasts Leon King as controversial Rangers footage emerges
Frank McAvennie has insisted Leon King has not performed well enough at Rangers to justify hefty praise.
Speaking exclusively to Football Insider, the former Celtic striker said King needs a run of games in the first team to find his form.
The 18-year-old was a substitute in the Gers’ 4-0 win over St Mirren on Saturday (8 October).
He replaced Ben Davies for the final half an hour of the match.
As shown on BT Sport (4 October), the defender gave away a penalty in the Bears’ Champions League game against Liverpool.
As quoted by the Scotsman (4 October), despite the mistake Giovanni van Bronckhorst still insisted the centre-back was “one of the best defenders” at the club.
McAvennie insisted King needs to cut out the mistakes.
“You only get so many mistakes in football,” he told Football Insider.
“They are actually praising him in Scotland from what I see, saying he is the new wonderkid and all of this. But I have not seen anything to justify that. Do I think he is a good player? Yes, but he needs games.
“You need to give someone a run. He has to get a run of games and then judge him. We have not seen enough of him to judge him. Anybody needs a run of games.
“You could be terrible coming on as a sub and then when you get a run of games, you fit in to the team and you kick on from there. Sometimes all you need the manager to believe in you and play you.“
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