Tuesday 8 August 2017 16:31, UK
Rangers boss Pedro Caixinha says Josh Windass can become a more complete player if he “changes the way he sees the game”.
The midfielder was almost unplayable for 45 minutes with his pacey attacking play as the Gers opened their Premiership campaign with Sunday's 2-1 win at Motherwell, but the Portuguese was more interested in the lapses of concentration that almost cost his team dear.
After the game Caixinha said the playmaker had to learn to be more switched on after pointing out his positional mistake which led to Ben Heneghan's equaliser, but says he is only taking his hard-line approach because he wants the 23-year-old to fulfil his potential.
"Josh is a very good prospect," said Caixinha. "He has huge physicality when he accelerates the game forward on the pitch. Things are going in the right direction but we need to keep working hard.
"I always like to look for the points where our individual players need to improve. It doesn't matter if it's one of the youngest like Josh or one of the oldest like Bruno Alves or Kenny Miller.
"If we have some points that we identify as a pattern that we can change in a training session or by watching some footage to convince them they need to do it, then we will.
"Josh is one player that I am keen to change the way he sees the game, the way he approaches the game so that he can become a much more complete player.
"If he can give you all that he does and that he understands the other moments of the game, the defensive ones, and that you need to be switched on all the time, then I will be glad to help him. He knows that and we are working together in the direction."
Caixinha also revealed he told Martyn Waghorn he would struggle for game time if he stayed at Rangers this season. Waghorn signed for Ipswich for an undisclosed fee on Monday after scoring 44 goals in 79 appearances in Scotland.
"I can tell you that Martyn was a great professional when he was with us," Caixinha said. "We spoke with him, we understood that he should move away because maybe this season he was not having so many chances and that's what happened so I wish him all the very best."
Asked if that frees up space in his squad for further moves in the transfer market, with Rangers continually linked with Jamie Walker of Hearts and Kenny McLean at Aberdeen, Caixinha added: "Might be, since the very beginning we have had our ideas very clear regarding to the squad.
"We will see, we will see. We still have time until the end of the transfer window."
