MARK WARBURTON will bide his time before deciding the futures of his out of contract Rangers stars ahead of the new campaign.

Cammy Bell, Dean Shiels, Nicky Law, David Templeton and Nicky Clark are all in the final months of their Ibrox deals and are free to speak with other clubs about a Bosman switch.

Warburton has already handed Kenny Miller a new contract for next term but the remainder of his squad will have to wait and see whether they will be kept on.

Warburton said: “They are working hard, their attitude is first class. Dean Shiels came on against Raith Rovers, I’ve been disappointed for Nicky Clark because if it hadn’t been for Andy Halliday’s sending off he’d have come on but that’s the nature of football and Dom came on as a defensive perspective.

“Nicky Clark has been first class, Nicky Law has been first class and started five of the last seven games.

“So they are in and around it but we have to see how our squad’s shaped up for next season, what the plans are and speak to the board. So once we have some clarity we can relay that.

“We’ve got to see how everything shapes up in terms of finances, in terms of potential targets and what we see and plan for next season.

“We speak to them regularly, every week we speak to them and hopefully we can come to a decision.”

While Shiels, Law and Clark have been regular members of Warburton’s squad, Bell has yet to make an appearance for the Gers after recovering from injury.

And winger Templeton faces a race against time to get back on the pitch and prove his worth between now and the end of the campaign.

Warburton said: “David’s had a knee operation. He played the first league game, he was picked but had an impact injury against Falkirk late in the game and had a problem with that.

“There was a floating bone problem and it’s now been resolved. He’s probably six to eight weeks away.”