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Josh McCafferty

Ferguson explains decision to restore Dujon Sterling to Rangers starting XI

Interim Rangers head coach Barry Ferguson has explained his decision to restore Dujon Sterling to his starting lineup tonight. 

The Ibrox club welcome Fenerbahce to Govan in the last 16 of the Europa League. 

Rangers emerged victorious from last week's first leg in Istanbul, with Cyriel Dessers and Vaclav Cerny both scoring in a 3-1 triumph. 

From said win, Ferguson has made two alterations to his starting XI, one of which sees Sterling come in at the expense of Ridvan Yilmaz: "Duj [Dujon Sterling] has trained really well," he said (TNT Sports). 


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"I thought he came on last week when we were having a bit of a problem. He came on, and he did really well for the 10-15 minutes. 

"He's trained really well, and I just thought now it's time for him to go and show me that he should be in the starting XI."

Sterling lessened the growing threat from Allan Saint-Maximin in Istanbul last week as Rangers gave themselves a comfortable lead heading into this evening's second leg. 

It is the first time the 25-year-old will have started for his club since January 5, in a 3-3 draw with Hibernian at Easter Road. 

Having Sterling back fit and available is a significant boost for Ferguson, but so, too, is the condition of his overall squad. 

He said: "I've got everybody fit for the first time since I've been here, and that's important because I want competition for places."

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