Rangers in gruelling Standard Liege stalemate as Philippe Clement's pre-season task becomes clear – 3 talking points
dailyrecord.co.ukSited at a strategically important crossroad between the Dutch and German borders, the town of Venlo where Rangers are basing themselves this week has found itself repeatedly besieged over the past 500 years.The beleaguered Ibrox board will know how the townsfolk must have felt given the battering they’ve taken in recent days.
The catastrophic construction cock-up which means the Light Blues face having to move out of Ibrox for the opening weeks of the campaign has sparked a predictably furious response from the fans.
Quite what Philippe Clement makes of the whole affair has yet to be made clear.But while the Ibrox directors wait for their delayed steel delivery, their manager is forging ahead with his squad rebuild.
The closed-door kick-about with Liege was their second work-out of pre-season after putting five past Hamilton in an Auchenhowie bounce game last week.But having been put through a gruelling training session on the morning of this one, it was no surprise to see the leggy Ibrox side struggle to cut through Nico Raskin’s old side.
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