Tom Lawrence is unique Rangers difference maker as Ceri Bowley laments Gio van Bronckhorst sliding doors moment

Ceri Bowley never got to see Tom Lawrence become the difference-maker he believed his fellow Welshman could be for Gio van Bronckhorst’s Rangers. But the former Gers coach remains confident the fit-again playmaker can still make a major Ibrox impact for Philippe Clement

Today marks the first anniversary of van Bronckhorst’s sacking. And his former right-hand man Bowley looks back on the season-ending injury suffered by Lawrence as a sliding-doors moment, a blow which contributed to the chain of events that ultimately led to the Dutchman being ushered out the Edmiston Drive exit.

What was first thought to have been an innocuous bump to the former Derby skipper’s knee during a clash with Ross County just a month into the season turned out to be far more serious. With the versatile playmaker’s debut campaign in Glasgow cruelly cut short just as he was getting into his…