JAMIE MURPHY wants to lead by example at Rangers and help bring success back to Ibrox.
The winger has become a key player for Graeme Murty’s side since making the move from Brighton during the January transfer window and has scored five goals in 15 appearances for his boyhood heroes.
Murphy will make his move permanent in the summer and the former Motherwell kid is happy to be a role model for the next generation of Light Blues stars.
He said: “I am 28 but I am an old 28, I feel that I have seen a lot in my time and I have been playing first team football since I was 17.
“I feel that I am there to help the younger players, as well as the older players.
“You never get too old for this game. It is up to me to help the other boys in the changing room.
“We have got a great youth academy here and I am always open if they want to come for advice and that kind of thing.
“It is part and parcel of getting older as a footballer, you learn, you take it in and when you get to my age you give a bit back.
“This football club demands it. We want to help get this football get to as high a place as possible and, to do that, you have got to help the younger players.
“We get the youth players coming to train with us sometimes and a couple of them went to Florida so they are learning every day, as well as us.”
Murphy’s partnership with Declan John on the left side has flourished in recent weeks as the pair have immediately hit it off at Ibrox.
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And the Scotland international was pleased to see his Gers team-mate rewarded for his efforts with a recall to the Wales squad last month.
“I feel like we have a good understanding,” he told RangersTV.
“Dec is a younger player and I feel like I am one of the older heads in the changing room so you always speak to people.
“I help Dec out, I am sure he will tell me if I need to do things better. So it has been great.
“He is a great player and you can see that by the international call-ups that he has been getting. We are delighted for everyone in the changing room that can go out and play well for their country.
“In the end, we are human beings, we are all footballers, it is what we want to do. We want to represent our country at the highest level and it is good that we have got people doing that.”
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