Rangers can ‘turn season around’ – Keith Wyness drops Europa League claim
Aberdeen’s former chief Keith Wyness has insisted Rangers have a “very remote” chance of progressing in the Europa League.
Speaking on the new edition of Football Insider’s Inside Track podcast, the 66-year-old – who served as CEO at Aberdeen between 2000 and 2004, had lengthy spells as the chief of Everton and Aston Villa and now runs a football consultancy advising elite clubs – claimed qualifying from the league phase could “turn the whole season around”.
Rangers start their league phase campaign later this month (26 September) against Malmo away in Sweden.
The Gers also face Lyon, FCSB, Olympiacos, Nice, Tottenham, Man United and Union Saint-Gilloise.
Philippe Clement is under pressure at Ibrox with his side already five points adrift of Celtic in the Scottish Premiership.
Rangers only have ‘remote chance’ of Europa League progression, says Wyness
Rangers reached the last 16 of the Europa League last term and were beaten finalists against Eintracht Frankfurt in the 2021-22 campaign.
Wyness told Football Insider‘s Insider Track podcast: “I think it will be tough.
“If I were a betting man, I wouldn’t bet on Rangers to qualify from that league phase.
“It’s a tough set of games and the morale at Ibrox is very low right now.
“There will be some juicy games coming up and I can’t wait to see some of them.
“But for Rangers, if they did it – it could turn the whole season around. But I think it’s a very remote chance for them right now.”
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