Coming just days after some fans had committed to spending up to £180 on a three-match package the last thing Rangers supporters wanted to hear from their manager was that they couldn’t compete at Champions League level.
But that was exactly what Giovanni van Bronckhorst told them following the 4-0 thumping by Ajax in the opening Group A fixture.
With five games left in the campaign, supporters will be hoping for a better showing in future games – particularly those ones at Ibrox Stadium they have paid good money for.
Van Bronckhorst’s assessment came just 24 hours after Dinamo Zagreb had stunned Premier League big spenders Chelsea so for many the manager’s claim “hundreds of millions” are needed to compete with the cream of the continent didn’t add up.
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