MARK Warburton wants Rangers to get back to the days when they were providing a regular raft of players for the Scotland squad. Warburton was at Wembley last week to watch Lee Wallace start against England and hoped the full-back’s display will prove an incentive for more of Rangers’ Scots to push their way into the international set-up. Barrie McKay was involved earlier in the campaign under Gordon Strachan, and Warburton believes there are more capable of commanding a spot.

“I went to the game at Wembley to watch Lee and I thought in a positive way he gave Gordon a selection problem,” said Warburton. “Lee has been patient. He’s probably forsaken his international career with Rangers going down and back up again but I thought he stepped in well. He used the ball well, he never hid, posed an attacking threat and was always available. I thought he was tremendous. I’m delighted for Lee to step up to that stage and perform to that level.

“His performance has to give hope to the others. The likes of Jason Holt, Andy Halliday and Danny Wilson have got to be pushing really hard. I got a bit frustrated when the Scotland squad was announced a few weeks ago and someone asked if Lee was up to it. He’s the Rangers captain. So of course he is. A few years ago the Scotland squad was packed with Rangers players so that’s something we have to get back to. But it’s a building process.”

Warburton describes Wallace as a “football junkie” and is already tipping him for a move into management when the full-back hangs up his boots.

“He’s very self-critical and does that every day here,” he added. “In training he speaks really well, like a true Rangers captain. He makes demands of the players and tells them what he thinks and they have a lot of respect for him. They see their captain going to that environment [in Wembley] and performing at that level. So he rightly commands respect. He’s a football junkie. He watches a lot of games and coaches his own team. There’s no doubt he’s got a bright future in the game once his playing career ends, although that’s still a long way away yet.”