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Dropped Butland still has 'huge part' to play for Rangers - Ferguson

Dropped former England goalkeeper Jack Butland still has a "huge part" to play at Ibrox despite replacement Liam Kelly's penalty save proving pivotal in 10-man Rangers' 0-0 draw with Athletic Bilbao, interim head coach Barry Ferguson has insisted.

Butland has been Rangers' undisputed number one since arriving from Manchester United in 2023, but the 32-year-old was blamed for Hibernian's opening goal in their 2-0 win at Ibrox on Saturday - the latest in a series of costly errors.

Ferguson turned to Kelly, himself a Scotland cap but handed only his eighth appearance since signing from Motherwell last summer, for Thursday's Europa League quarter-final first leg.