When one looks at the signing of Dujon Sterling’s market value, no one regarded the then Chelsea defender as anything other than an uninteresting acquisition. Michael Beale, former manager, of course, brought the boy in from down south with absolutely no fanfare whatsoever. One look at the lad’s CV was not that interesting either, and he appeared to be simply nothing more than your average Michael Beale signing. That summer, of course, was not the best under Beale. Rangers did bring in one or two half decent players, but overall the team was not really strengthened despite a high expenditure.

Sterling rather arrived unnoticed. He had been on loan, farmed out at lower EFL level football, and had not really found his place. But Beale did say that this was a special player, but then of course he bigged up everybody. So there was no real expectation about Sterling when it came to his potential Rangers career. And in his early days at Ibrox, he did not really stand out either. He barely played for a start, and when he eventually did play, he was not that impressive at right back.

It all changed for Sterling....