STEVIE SMITH has revealed he will probably quit Rangers in the summer for the sake of getting first-team football.

The full-back was recently offered a new deal by the club, despite not being a regular in Walter Smith's team.

But the 24-year-old concedes he will have to seek new pastures because he's at an age when he needs to be playing more regularly.

Smith made a bright start to his Ibrox career and was the first-choice left-back under former manager Paul Le Guen.

But after a pelvic injury stopped him from playing for almost 16 months, he has struggled to re-establish himself with the Light Blues.

Smith featured just eight times in the last two seasons and although he has played in 12 games this term, only nine of those appearances have come as a starter.

It's with great regret that he's now looking elsewhere but he admits he has to do that for the sake of his career.

Smith told the Daily Record: "The club have offered me an extension but Walter Smith knows what my answer will be and it has nothing to do with money.

"It's because I want to play. In an ideal world, I would stay at Rangers but playing nine or 10 games a season won't help my career.

"I wasn't disappointed with the offer. In fact, I was surprised they offered me anything at all. It will be difficult to move on but I need to be playing every week.

"There's temptation to stay for another year. Will I end up anywhere like this, where I'm playing at Hampden and going for titles? That's the stuff that makes you want to stay.

"But it looks like I'll be moving and the Treble would be the perfect way to end it. Just because I know I'll be leaving doesn't mean I'm any less keen to win all three trophies."