James Tavernier’s Rangers heroics show he could play for English Premier League heavyweights claims Richard Gough

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They call them ‘numbers’ these days but back when Richard Gough was pulling the armband over his bicep they were simply known as goals and assists.

But whatever James Tavernier calls them, the Rangers nine-in-a-row captain describes them as phenomenal. Tavernier arrived at Ibrox in the summer of 2015, a £250,000 buy from Wigan that will surely go down as one of the best pieces of business the club has ever done.

Since then, the right back has played 339 games, scoring 79 goals with 106 assists to his name. One hundred and seven if you count the cross that was touched by Kemar Roofe into Scott Arfield’s path for the equaliser in Sunday’s epic Scottish Cup semi final win over Celtic.

That match was watched by Gough from his base on the other side of the Atlantic but the miles and time zones did nothing to diminish the former Ibrox skipper’s delight at the result, nor his admiration for the manner in which Tavernier goes about his business.Get all the latest Rangers news sent straight to your Inbox every day by signing up to our newsletter.We cover every morsel of information regarding your favourite club in the form of articles, videos and podcasts.The newsletter will arrive every day at 12pm, giving you a round up of the best stories we've covered that in the last 24 hours.To sign up, simply enter your email address into the link here.And if you aren't already, make sure you join the conversation over on our Rangers Facebook group and Record Sport Instagram. “From a playing perspective, since Tavernier came to the club his appearance record is phenomenal,” Gough told Record Sport . “I look at my time at the club and it was roughly 11 years and I played 428 games in all competitions. “I know they’ve had a lot of Europa