STEVEN DAVIS has signed a one-year contract extension at Rangers.
The veteran midfielder, 37, has put pen to paper on a deal which runs until the summer of 2023.
Signing on for his tenth year across two spells, Davis will continue to act as an experienced professional both on and off the park for the Ibrox club.
As well as playing a role in Giovanni van Bronckhorst's squad, it has been revealed that the club will support the Northern Ireland skipper's ambitions to move into coaching over the next 12-months.
The new deal means he will join up with his Rangers teammates again when they return for pre-season at the end of June.
A club statement reads: "Rangers are today delighted to confirm midfielder Steven Davis has signed a one-year extension to his Ibrox contract.
📝 #RangersFC are today delighted to confirm Steven Davis has signed a one-year extension to his contract. 👉 https://t.co/rxpM1SdLdc pic.twitter.com/mscgobKRUs
— Rangers Football Club (@RangersFC) May 31, 2022
"He initially joined the club on-loan in January 2008, and made that move permanent that summer, staying until the summer of 2012. In that time, he won three league titles, three League Cups and two Scottish Cups, while also claiming a runners-up medal in the 2008 UEFA Cup final.
"Following a successful spell at Premier League Southampton, he returned to Rangers in the 2019 January transfer window, again on an initial loan. He quickly re-established himself as a key figure for the Light Blues and has since gone on to add a further league title, Scottish Cup and Europa League runners-up medal in the three-and-a-half years since.
"While he has continued to play a significant role on the park, off it, he has been a real leader in the dressing room, with his experience proving invaluable for so many players around him."
Davis himself commented: "I am absolutely delighted. It was a really important season for us last year, and to finish on a high with the Scottish Cup was important for the team and the group and we want to try and kick on again next year now.
Growing up as a Rangers fan, it was always going to be special pulling on the jersey, and I have been very fortunate to do it the number of times that I have and to have some of the memories I have had.
"We know success is what is demanded at the club, and you want to play at the highest level possible, and we have shown we are capable of doing that as a group, so it is really important we try to kick on next season and get our hands on more silverware."
Ross Wilson added: "It’s great that we will continue to have Steven’s influence and understanding of Rangers with the group over the course of the next 12 months. I’ve known Steven a long time now, both as a player and character who sets standards every day.
“Steven and Gio had a really good chat about how the manager sees the next 12 months, and as a club we are also keen to support Steven’s development in his coaching aspirations when the time is right and when he wants to do that.”
