RANGERS forward Josh Windass believes he and his team-mates have just four games to save their Ibrox futures. Manager Pedro Caixinha has already made clear he intends to shake things up in the summer, with the axe hovering over many of his squad following back-to-back defeats to Celtic, including last week’s 5-1 humbling at home.

The Portuguese will likely need to wheel and deal to bring in the players he needs and Windass, who has endured an injury-interrupted campaign, knows the spotlight will be on the existing squad to show they deserve to remain at the club for next season. The first chance to impress comes in Sunday’s derby away to Partick Thistle.

The former Accrington Stanley man said: “We want to play into the manager’s plans. He’s just come in to the job and is looking to put his own style on things. He obviously wants new players to come in in the summer and so it’s down to us to keep the shirts for next season. We have to try our best to stay in his plans.

“The manager has said he wants to change things in the summer and everyone is playing for their shirt. Everyone here should have that motivation to stay in his team. Nobody wants to leave a club like Rangers or not play for a club like this. So I think that’s everyone’s target now to impress the manager and stay in the team.”

Last weekend’s Old Firm defeat has been a hard one for Rangers to take, with Windass revealing that morale was at an all-time low. He added: “I think that’s the lowest I’ve seen the dressing room since I’ve been here. We had a meeting before training the other day and it still wasn’t really high spirits in the camp. That’s to be expected after a defeat like that to Celtic. It obviously wasn’t a good feeling and one that we never want to happen again.

“We have a game against Partick now and we have to go and win every game between now and the end of the season. We owe it to the fans and to ourselves really to put on performances after the last couple of games.”

Rangers are closing in on a return to Europe for the first time in six years. Windass admitted that was a big part of the reason behind his decision to move to Ibrox.

He told the Rangers official podcast: “A lot of the lads sway towards a club like this as you’ve got that luxury of playing in Europe, something you don’t get at Championship clubs or lower Premiership clubs in England. So that’s a massive opportunity and hopefully we can have a good run at it.”