RANGERS midfielder has responded to speculation linking Steven Gerrard to Aston Villa.

The current Ibrox boss is favourite to replace Dean Smith at Villa after he was sacked last week.

Gerrard is understood to be keen on the role and reports have suggested that the Premier League outfit will approach Rangers today.

Davis is not surprised by the interest in Gerrard after the job he has conducted in Glasgow.

He told Sky Sports: "Unfortunately in football there are always going to be links if you're doing a good job.

"He is certainly doing a fantastic job at the club and I've got a great relationship with him."

Meanwhile, Jamie Carragher can see the positives in a move to Aston Villa for Gerrard but questions the timing of a departure from Ibrox.

He told Sky Sports said: “I think Aston Villa as a club would be a great move for Steven Gerrard.

“But the situation he finds himself in right now is that he took the title away from Celtic last season, and he’s in a great position to win it again.

“I think in a perfect world you’d want to stay at Rangers to the end of the season and come away from there with two titles.

“I mean, this is not something coming from Steven Gerrard but, ‘Look I’ve been in a job for four years in the Scottish Premiership’, and I think sooner or later there’s going to be a great chance Steven Gerrard is going to come to the Premier League.

“But for me, it’s a difficult one.

“If he got offered the Aston Villa job, I don’t think there’d be many jobs in the Premier League which he would get offered better than that.

“People talk about Liverpool, and that might be another two or three years with Jurgen Klopp but you’re not going to get any jobs better, so it would be a decision for him.”

“But, in a perfect world, I think Steven Gerrard wants to come away from Rangers with another couple of trophies.”