COADY TO BE BIG HIT AT GERS, INSISTS MURPHY

RUSSELL MARTIN arrived at Ibrox aged 32 with his playing days numbered.

- By Andy Newport

But Jamie Murphy reckons a move to Rangers could add up to an extended run for Conor Coady’s career.

It was revealed last week that the Leicester centre-back is being lined up to become Martin’s first signing since taking over as Gers boss.

The ex-England defender is the same age as Martin was when he checked in for a brief four-month stint in the Light Blues backline.

That 2018 switch didn’t go as the former Scotland international would have hoped, though, with Martin admitting himself he was nowhere near his physical peak during an ill-fated 17-game loan spell.

But Murphy believes a hook-up with the new Ibrox manager could be just what his old Sheffield United team-mate Coady needs to eke a few more years out of his own legs.

The former Gers winger, right, knows both men having shared the Ibrox dressing room with Martin while having also played alongside Coady during his younger days as an exciting Liverpool prospect on loan at Brammall Lane.