DAVE KING believes Steven Gerrard's winning mentality has been the driving force behind his Rangers revolution as he closes in on his first silverware as a boss.

Gerrard's side are on the brink of the Premiership title this term after an unbeaten run that has seen them storm clear of Old Firm rivals Celtic and wreck their dreams of ten-in-a-row.

Former chairman King was instrumental in the process that brought Gerrard to Ibrox from Liverpool and never doubted that the Reds legend would deliver success in Glasgow.

"As a person, he is a man that exudes confidence and self control but he doesn’t do it in a showy way," King told Four Lads Had A Dream. "He is doing it within himself, he is quietly confident in how he goes about his business but does have that certain aura.

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"I think importantly, Steven throughout his life has been a winner. Winners don’t always win, of course, but he has that winning mentality that we felt we could bring him in and give him enough time.

"It was very important that he got enough time to build the squad and we felt that winning mentality… He is a quick learner.

 

 

"He was learning how to go away and play games in strange places and on strange pitches and over the course of that time that winning mentality comes through.

"He is absorbing it, he is adjusting and he is learning until the point that we are today. I don’t believe that we would be in the position that we are today if we hadn’t have brought Steven in at that time and given him the time and resources to get on with his job."