STEVEN DAVIS insists he is fully focussed on his own personal fitness instead of worrying about his contract future at Rangers.
The veteran midfielder is out of contract in the summer and has not featured heavily for the Light Blues since Giovanni van Bronckhorst arrived in November.
That has partly been down to injury, and the Northern Irishman has pledged to come back fitter and stronger for the run-in after the international break.
Asked about his future, Davis said: “That’s nothing unusual. I’ve been in a similar situation the last couple of years and there’s no sort of pressure from that side of things.
“Basically, the most important thing for me is to get back fit and whenever I get in that rhythm I have confidence in my ability and what I can still do on the pitch.
“That’s all my focus is on at this moment in time.
“I’ve got to that stage of my career where I don’t really look too far ahead and I obviously need to see what happens in the summer with my career in general.
“My only focus at the minute is getting myself back fit and trying to get myself back into the team at Rangers for an important run-in.
“We’ll see where everything sits after that.”
On his current fitness, Davis continued: “It’s a huge month ahead. Whenever you’re playing for a club the size of Rangers and you get to this stage of the season, these are the games you want to be involved in.
“The later it goes, the more important each result carries, so we’re remaining fully focused and the boys are performing well and we’ve still got a lot to achieve this season.
“Hopefully we can finish really strongly.
“I’m just back in training now with the group (at Rangers) and hopefully I can make that progress with my fitness when I meet up with the Northern Ireland squad.
“Hopefully I can get a bit of game time and get myself in a better place.”
He added to BBC Northern Ireland: “It’s been difficult. Obviously after the winter break, I picked up an injury in the first training session back which kept me out for a few weeks.
“And then I was back involved and I kind of felt I was getting into a good place again and getting my rhythm again, but obviously then picked up another one."
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