Philippe Clement has ridiculed “silly stories” surrounding Rangers captain James Tavernier and a trip to Five Guys following the stunning victory over Hearts.
After Rangers destroyed the Jambos 5-0 at Ibrox to go five points clear in the Scottish Premiership title race, the Belgian manager made this statement.
James Tavernier, the captain of Rangers, was instrumental in the match once more as goals from Oscar Cortes, Mohamed Diomande, Fabio Silva, and Cyriel Dessers twice sent a strong championship message.
However, it was remarks made by Philippe Clement about the Ibrox skipper going full time that made some people seem funny and left one commentator looking like an egg.
Philippe Clement on James Tavernier Five Guys claims
During last weekend’s 3-0 victory against St Johnstone, prominent commentator Gordon Parks cheaply attacked Rangers skipper James Tavernier.
The Daily Record writer specifically said that Tav’s “gravitas” wasn’t appropriate for a Rangers captain, using an incident with the Ibrox captain at Five Guys as an example of their post-match interaction.
After the game, in response to a query regarding the claims, Philippe Clement categorically refuted them, calling them “silly stories” and asserting that James Tavernier was on the team.
“People have told me some things,” said Clement.
“If I read that a player is there one hour after the final whistle – you know better because the player was with us in the stadium.
“All of these silly stories, I don’t pay any attention to them.”
Only one way for Rangers captain to silence doubters
James Tavernier was undoubtedly unfazed by the bad publicity, as Rangers supporters are accustomed to it whenever the team is performing well.
Rangers’ progress on the pitch is distracted by the attack on the captain of the Gers’ personality, and we’re confident that nobody at Ibrox will have slept a wink over it.
James Tavernier, the captain of the Rangers who won the League Cup, will carry on with his season despite Philippe Clement’s suggestion that the allegations are a case of manufactured outrage.
The Ibrox captain will be fully focused on celebrating a treble haul come May even though there is still quite some time left in this campaign until the final whistle blows.
We believe that even Gordon Parks wouldn’t mind giving James Tavernier a celebratory Five Guys come summertime if he succeeds!
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