KEVIN THOMSON has urged Jason Cummings to make the most of his chance to impress at Ibrox as he looks to catch the eye for Rangers.

The striker has scored two goals – against Ross County and Ayr United - since making the move from Nottingham Forest on a loan deal until the end of the campaign.

Cummings has quickly endeared himself to supporters and has shown flashes of what he is capable of in his seven appearances for the Light Blues.

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Thomson won five major honours during his Gers career as he became an integral part of the squad under the guidance of Walter Smith.

And he believes every player at Ibrox should never stop striving for success as Graeme Murty’s side look to finish with a flourish this term.

He said: “The first time I saw him (Cummings) when he came in here. Him and Holty were there in the car park at 2pm, I said to them ‘it’s 2 o’clock, where are you going’.

“I was saying ‘you should be in there, practising’. And he said ‘I’ve got a game tomorrow, Uncle T’. I said but you should be in there getting better.

“I said this is an amazing club and I said that these next five, six months for him should be as selfish as he can possibly be – which he is – to showcase his talents here, to hopefully be here long term.

“That is what I would say to everybody, look at Scotty across the pond, he is selfish, he wants to keep on playing, he doesn’t want to rest on his laurels. And that is the nature of the beast we want to try to create.

“I was lucky that Walter told me that being okay at this club wasn’t good enough.

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“Sadly, I thought I was doing alright. But alright wasn’t enough.

“Then I had boys like Davie Weir, big Ugo [Ehiogu], rest his soul, and Baz (Barry Ferguson). I still remember Baz barking at me when I didn’t pass the ball to him in the first session.

“Then we had big Jig and the younger generation who all had the bit between their teeth and wanted to knock the older ones off their perch.

“It was just a great environment to be the best you can be, and the older ones created that. Coisty (Ally McCoist), Kenny McDowall, Walter created that.

“We had 30 players when I first came in but there was an edge at training every day because Walter wouldn’t accept anything less.”