Rangers star sparks 'marmite' dilemma for ex scout as he closes in on Ibrox exit with replacement lined up

A former scout reckons split opinions on one Rangers star are a reason why he’s now set to exit Ibrox.

Derek McInnes has arrived as manager and looks likely to have a new number one in Hull City stopper Ivor Pandur. He has impressed with the Tigers who were promoted to the Premier League last season and Jack Butland will be heading the other way after a stint as the main man between the sticks at Premiership level.

Butland, now 33, was a highly-rated goalkeeping prospect in his youth. He has featured for the likes of Stoke City, Birmingham City and Crystal Palace down south but some may feel he could have reached a higher level. Mick Brown, who has scouted for Manchester United, West Ham and more, reckons contrasting views on Butland have not helped his case.

Why is Jack Butland leaving Rangers?

Brown told Football Insider on the former Birmingham City and Stoke City keeper: "It's an interesting one with Jack Butland. Throughout his career, I know people who have rated him very highly and tipped him for big things, but he was always prone to errors which put doubts in people's minds .Eventually he made the move up to Scotland, and he had a great start at Rangers, but the same thing has happened where these mistakes have crept into his game.

"He's like marmite, Jack Butland, a lot of people like him and rate him very highly, and others have been left frustrated because he's capable of making very costly errors. It's now got to a point where Rangers are thinking the latter, they've been frustrated by his performances and they're now ready to let him go.

"I'm not convinced he's good enough for a Premier League club at this stage, he's not the type of player I would trust enough to back him as my number-one goalkeeper. But clubs have been keen on him, and Rangers have made them aware that he will be available, particularly, as seems likely, if they can go and bring in a new goalkeeper to replace him."

What has Ivor Pandur said about previous transfer speculation

For Pandur coming in to Rangers, he will hope the deal does not take long in going through, as he admitted last year that transfer speculation over an exit from Hull last summer that eventually didn’t happen took its toll. He told Hull Live: "Yeah, it's tough. I didn't have that really in my career to that point because whenever I made a transfer or a loan, it was made much sooner than that.

"So for transfer speculation to come into the last days of the transfer window, it's really tough because you don't know where you are, where you're standing. Are you staying, are you not, because there are also some other people deciding, it's not only you.

"For me I'm, I'm really grateful because it gave me clarity on what to do if that happens in the future, how to act. It wasn't easy, your mind can go to all these different places, but still we are professionals and we need to focus on the present and the football."