“It has not been easy,' Pepe recently said. “My stats have not been good enough or my usual performances. My confidence must come back. I am not very worried. It is a new league for me and I ...

So I want to say to the fans you need to be patient ... ‘Nicolas Pepe was dreadful against Watford. How Emery took Mesut Ozil and Dani Ceballos off ahead of him [Pepe] was beyond me.’ ...

And veteran Portugal international Pepe, 36, has demanded the fans are more patient before they play Gers at Ibrox. He said: "The fans must realise we cannot win every match by three or four goals.