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Rangers can enjoy Dortmund glamour tie as retaining title remains key

17-Feb-2022 08:00:30 | The Guardian

Rangers’ best bet at adding to their reputation in Europe is by qualifying automatically for the Champions League by overhauling Cetlic in the Scottish title race

It is fitting that Rangers’ highest-profile European occasion in more than a decade falls this week. Valentine’s Day marked 10 years since the club tumbled into administration, sparked by a series of events Rangers would rather forget and those in charge of Scottish football would be well advised to remember.

There is some wonderful, exaggerated nonsense said and written about Rangers’ rise from the bottom domestic tier to champions – their economic scale is untouched by 40 of 41 other Scottish clubs – but recent seasons have seen credibility restored against foreign opposition.