Dan Neil has had his say on the captaincy at Rangers, insisting that the club has to have "more than one" leader in the dressing room.
The ex-Sunderland midfielder was the skipper of his previous club until last summer, when Granit Xhaka was handed the armband following his move from Bayer Leverkusen.
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Previewing the start of the Scottish Premiership season, the 24-year-old underlined his readiness to lead his new team, should he be handed the captaincy by Derek McInnes. "The manager hasn't made his decision yet, but if it were something that fell upon me, I’d take it in my stride," he said. [Sky Sports]
"However, the most important thing for this football club is that there isn’t just one captain; there has got to be a number of captains in the team.
"Everybody has leadership qualities in their own right, whether that is leading by example, leading with your voice, putting an arm around someone, or giving someone a 'kick up the you-know-what.'
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"It's not about the person wearing the armband on match day; it should be a team full of captains, and that is what we are striving towards this year."
On comparisons between Rangers and Sunderland, particularly regarding pressure, Neil continued, "It feels very similar. The fans want to win every single game.
"There are going to be ups and downs throughout the season, and as a team, a group of players, and a staff, we have to stick together through the good times and the bad.
"We can't get too above our station or get too low. From what I’ve seen, we’ve got a dressing room full of players who are going to keep that flat line by not getting too high and not getting too low."
