RANGERS players will NOT be disrupted by the escalating off-field turmoil at Ibrox in the build-up to the AGM next month.

That was the confident prediction from Light Blues legend Sandy Jardine, pictured, today as the battle for control of the board intensified.

Public salvos between the current directors and the group attempting to gain power have increased in the last few days.

And there are concerns among Gers fans that the continuing friction will start to affect Ally McCoist's team on the park.

However, Barcelona Bear Jardine feels the players will continue to focus fully on their league and cup fixtures in the coming weeks.

And he expressed optimism the stand-off at the SPFL League One club would be settled after the AGM is held on December 19.

He said: "Football people, the guys on the playing side of it, don't worry about what's going on off the park.

"They're in their own wee bubble, where it's about playing well, performing and winning. It doesn't affect the team one iota.

"Every club would like everything to be hunky-dory on and off the park. But you just get on with it.

"I would go so far as to say that most of the team wouldn't recognise any of the directors, present directors or people trying to take over the club."

Jardine added: "There will be clarity through time. It will take time for the club to settle down, but it will settle down.

"The supporters are the lifeblood of this club. They'll stick by it through thick and thin. As long as we've got supporters like that, there is no big problem.

"Whoever wins the boardroom battle, or whatever you call it, they're only custodians of the club. The fans deserve somebody who is going to take this club back to what it was."

Meanwhile, Jardine has called on Rangers officials to "build bridges" in Scottish football as they continue "The Journey" back to the top flight.

The former Scotland full-back, speaking as he presented his former team-mate Alex MacDonald with a replica of the European Cup-Winners' Cup medal he had stolen this summer, he said: "I will always remember what certain people did to our club.

"We were in dire need and we thought we could maybe expect a bit of help. We didn't get it. There are people that we feel really put the boot into us."

But Jardine added: "You have to draw a line and move forward. That's in the past and we have to build bridges for the benefit of Rangers."