Reading FC midfielder Charlie Adam gave a damning verdict on his former club Rangers, claiming that they have no leaders as the club prepares to face bitter rivals Celtic in the Old Firm Derby this weekend.

Adam was on the books at the Glasgow club from 2003-2009 and played alongside Rangers boss Steven Gerrard during his one season at Liverpool.

The veteran midfielder was speaking on BBC’s Sportsound and claimed that Rangers lack the cutting edge to match Celtic, who’ve dominated Scottish football since Rangers’ liquidation and demotion to the fourth tier of Scottish football in 2012.

“You either have thick skin or you don't. I've had that in my career where, if you make a mistake, you make a mistake. That's part of it. It's how you react after that mistake.

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"And I think that, what I see with Rangers at the moment, they just don't have that cutting edge like a [James] Forrest or a [Ryan] Christie.

"When teams sit in against them, they just don't have someone who's guile enough to go and play that pass or when they play that pass and it doesn't come off, they just think 'oh the pressure is off me and the fans are on me'.

"I don't think they have a leader in the team. They've got certain individuals who are good footballers, good players.

"I just need to see someone step up to the plate and drive the team forward and drive them with enthusiasm."

Charlie Adam also said that former teammate Steven Gerrard failing to win a trophy in his first two seasons at Ibrox is a ‘disappointment’ as opposed to a ‘failure’.

“Would I say it's failure? It's disappointment.”

"When set out he probably thought he'd have won at least one or two trophies by now but that's the disappointment you have to take as a Rangers manager.

"You have to just keep going, keep going as long as you can. I think he'll carry on and try and succeed and he'll try and get that trophy.

"Does it look likely this season? Probably not. But then we go again next season and they have to try and stop Celtic winning 10 in a row.”