Senior player must be axed for Old Firm: Three things learned about Rangers in win v Falkirk

Alves must be axed for clash v Celtic

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Alves arrived at Ibrox with a huge reputation and, while the veteran has done well enough for Rangers, he’s never quite lived up to the hype and looked a bit rusty against Falkirk.

Russell Martin was sat on the bench against the Bairns and must come back into the starting XI for the visit of Brendan Rodgers’ side.

The 37-year-old senior player could do with more games but the crunch Ibrox clash with Celtic isn’t the time to give him them and he should be axed from the starting line-up for the Old Firm tie.

While it might not help his World Cup dreams, it should help the Gers’ chances of taking the three points and closing the gap on the league leaders.

n other Rangers news, this Premier League playmaker wanted a future at Ibrox in 2011 and this summer is his chance to realise that dream.

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