THE futures of a few Rangers stars are uncertain as the January transfer window ticks on…

Kirk Broadfoot has warned the current Rangers squad that reputations will count for nothing unless they get their fingers out.

Former skipper Barry Ferguson has taken interim charge and his former Light Blues teammate knows that nobody will escape his wrath unless the team dramatically ups its game. Broadfoot – who worked under Ferguson when he was manager at Blackpool – knows second best won’t be an option and told the Rangers squad they will feel the fury of Fergie if they don’t raise their standards. It was poor domestic results like the Scottish Cup exit to Queen’s Park and Premiership defeats to St Mirren, Kilmarnock, Aberdeen that have left them lagging 13 points behind leaders Celtic.

“He just knows the club and Rangers probably needs something like Fergie just now,” Broadfoot claimed. “Rangers have gone down the foreign route and also the English route and maybe these previous managers didn’t quite understand the club as much.

“Now you’ve got somebody who knows Rangers inside and out. I’ll be honest, the players will feel his wrath. He won’t stand for anything less than 100 per cent. He certainly wouldn’t be accepting some of the results that Rangers have had domestically this season.

“Barry knows what it takes. When you’re a Rangers captain, you get the blame for everything. He dealt with everything and I think that’s why he was such a good Rangers captain.

Ferguson is likely to come in and shake up the dressing room. Coming in will be a culture shock to a Rangers squad that has played second fiddle most of the season. Broadfoot warned: “If he’s the same guy I know, he’ll not stand for anything other than 100 per cent and wins.

That’s the way Rangers are. It’s the end of the world if you draw, never mind lose. That’s the way it’s going to be and Fergie knows it inside out being captain and being there so many years and winning so much.

“He will get these boys going. Fergie knows what is needed and required to be a Rangers player. He won’t stand for a lot of those recent results. Every player will know what it means to play for the jersey.

“He’s Rangers through and through and he demands the highest of standards. Obviously, I played with him, lived with him for a year down at Blackpool and then he became my manager. He’s got such high standards that everybody in that dressing room will know what it’s like to be a Rangers player and the demands and the standards that come with being at Rangers.”