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Leon King could feel his confidence drain away training on his lonesome for a matchday that would never come. ‌

Now he’s hell-bent on repaying Ayr dugout duo Scott Brown and Steven Whittaker for giving him a chance to learn rather than languish. ‌

It’s hard to fathom the centre-back is still only 21, having made his Rangers debut almost five years ago. ‌

A potential switch to League One Wycombe this summer “felt like the wrong move and not the right time” before Somerset Park beckoned last month on loan for the season.

Fifty-three minutes in the victory over Airdrie preceded a full 90 in last week’s draw with St Johnstone, leaving Ayr on the coat-tails of the play-offs.

And for King, that feeling restored of waking up on a Saturday with the purpose of bagging

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