Former Cliftonville and Scotland striker believes Rangers should keep "huge figure" Steven Davis

The Northern Ireland captain’s contract at Ibrox expires this summer and the 38-year-old is sidelined for the rest of the campaign with a serious knee injury.

He’s being tipped to take up a player-coach role at the Glasgow giants, who lost out to Celtic in the Scottish League Cup final on Sunday, and McAvennie has no doubt Davis would have a huge impact.

“I do not think the youngsters nowadays can be bothered with the past and do not care who has done what,” he told Football Insider.

“Davis is a player that I would look up to. He has been there, seen it and done it. I do not get why he (Michael Beale) would not want to keep him around the place in a coaching role.

“(Jermain) Defoe was great for (Alfredo) Morelos, just watching him every day. No matter what people say Davis is a great, he has been brilliant for years.

"If I was a Rangers player I would want to train with him every day and listen to him. He’s a huge figure for them.”

McAvennie, who played at the 1986 World Cup, made one Cliftonville appearance in 1992, scoring in a County Antrim Shield semi-final before departing for Hong Kong outfit South China.