Interim Rangers head coach Barry Ferguson will have no problems playing teenage duo Bailey Rice and Findlay Curtis on the condition that they prove in training they are good enough.
Rice was handed his first senior start in his side's seismic Scottish Cup loss to Queen's Park just over a fortnight ago but was hooked at the break with the game poised at 0-0.
Curtis, on the other hand, has played three times for Rangers' first team this campaign. He got half an hour against Fraserburgh and Manchester United and a brief few minutes at the end of last weekend's 3-1 win away to Heart of Midlothian.
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Temporary gaffer Ferguson will have no qualms with throwing the pair in, based on one condition: "Age is just a number in terms of young players. We have got some talented young players, there's no doubt.
"We've got Bailey Rice, we've got Findlay Curtis, who have broke into the team over the last number of weeks. If they're good enough and they show enough in training, I will have no issues with playing these guys.
"The door is open for young players in the academy. It's important as a football club that you always produce your own. And as I said, I'll do a lot of work to try and progress these young guys as footballers."
A product of the Rangers academy himself, Ferguson came through the ranks at the club before going on to become captain.
Now in the Ibrox hotseat, the 47-year-old kicks off his tenure with an away match against Kilmarnock this Wednesday evening.
Three points are a must if Ferguson is to get off to a flying start.
