Aberdeen captain Ryan Jack has refused to rule out a move to Rangers in the summer, despite manager Derek McInnes stating that the player would not be moving to Ibrox.

Jack leads his team out today in the Scottish Cup semi-final against Hibs at Hampden, and he says that he is determined to lift the trophy as it may well be his last act as an Aberdeen player.

When asked directly if there was anything to the link between himself and Rangers, Jack replied: “I’ve not heard anything.

“For any matter, it will be between me, Aberdeen and the manager to sort that out.

“This week, it is all about trying to get the club to a cup final. It is not about my future or anyone else who is out of contract. There will be a right time and place for that.

“When the time is right and I know what I want to do, I’ll make sure the club know and we sit down and sort it out.

“I’m out contract so I’m not sitting here saying it is comfortable and I don’t worry about it. Of course you do. But it is going to get sorted out soon, the sooner the better hopefully.”

If Jack does eventually end up at Ibrox, it may be an awkward first meeting with one of his new teammates.

Rangers striker Joe Garner tried and failed to get the midfielder sent off with an outrageous piece of play-acting in the meeting between the sides two weeks ago.

Jack played down the incident, but conceded that he may not have been quite so magnanimous had he been shown a red card.

“It wasn’t the greatest situation,” he admitted. “There was a lot of hype in the game. It had that build-up and it was intense.

“I went in for a tackle, the whistle had gone. There was a reaction and it happened. It’s part of football. I’m not going to go in and headbutt someone. I just put my head in there to square up or whatever. There was nothing in it. We shook hands afterwards and it is all part of the game.

“But if the ref had seen it that way and sent me off I would have been absolutely gutted. It was such a big game and that obviously wasn’t the way I had envisioned it going.

“When we squared up and I saw him go down, my instinct was ‘Hopefully I don’t get sent off because I have not done anything.’

“I’ve not intentionally headbutted him or tried to hurt him. Thankfully the ref saw it wasn’t intentional.

“It’s obviously disappointing to see if a fellow professional goes down to con the ref or attain an advantage.”