Rangers star insists he's in a 'good place' this season

The 26-year-old has played in a variety of positions since signing from Chelsea in 2023 but has also battled with injuries.

Long-term skipper and right-back James Tavernier left Ibrox at the end of last season, leaving Sterling to at last settle in his favoured position, albeit he has to fend off Ross McCrorie and Kosta Nedeljkovic.

The former England Under-20 international has played eight out of 10 games this season for the Light Blues – he was advised not to play on the artificial surface at Falkirk last week – and is enjoying a long run of form.

Ahead of the home game against St Mirren on Wednesday night, he said: “I think there are a lot of things that go with that. One is not playing in a different position every game. I’ve been playing right-back since the start of the season; you can see that, obviously, you get a rhythm.

“Your body just needs to play in that one position, and that’s where ideally I want to play since I’ve been here. When I came in, I think my first interview, I said I want to play right-back. Obviously, I can play in different positions, but that wasn’t what it was supposed to be.

“We had a lot of injuries. Injuries happen for a lot of players, and luckily, I’ve been able to fill in there, so that’s obviously why it happened. Tav and I were thankful for the competition, and then obviously, doing my Achilles meant I wasn’t able to play twice a week.

“Whereas now I’ve basically played every game this season. I’m in a good place.”