Defiant Giovanni van Bronckhorst has doubled down on his backing for Rangers’ involvement within the Sydney Tremendous Cup amid fan outrage.
The match has been met with an offended response with the rivalry with Celtic being taken out of Scotland for the primary time.
Supporters made their emotions recognized from the terraces at McDiarmid Park within the win over St Johnstone, with the Union Bears producing a banner stating "Cash over morals. No d£rby friendlies."
Whereas the Dutchman initially backed Rangers involvement within the match, he was requested forward of the conflict with Aberdeen if his stance had modified.
Van Bronckhorst as soon as once more threw his weight behind the pleasant fixture card – and backed the board's name to take derby day on the street.
He stated: "My take is, after all, we all know there’s going to be a giant hole in the course of the World Cup.
"I do know the membership is on the lookout for pleasant video games, not solely in that window but in addition within the worldwide home windows we've got and it’s a possibility for the membership to go there, to go and play for our followers who're based mostly in Australia.
"The membership decided to go there as a result of they do all the pieces in one of the best pursuits of the membership so, for me, you simply must respect that call and play couple of friendlies in Australia in November."
The announcement of the abroad Previous Agency conflict has added to the unrest within the stands at Ibrox amid a nervy Premiership title race.
However Van Bronckhorst has urged the assist to rally behind the aspect from the terraces throughout Saturday's conflict with Aberdeen.
He continued: "The message (to followers) is evident, we want all of the assist we've got which the supporters gave us final Wednesday.
"After all, they're entitled to their opinions which is okay.
"Then again, you see they weren’t pleased with the pleasant clearly however in addition they supported us.
"In the long run, we've got to achieve success, they're greater than able to supporting the crew as a result of we need to achieve success this season.
"I've little question that the supporters will probably be totally behind us tomorrow towards Aberdeen so I feel that’s all that issues.
"They confirmed they’re not pleased concerning the pleasant in November however they're nonetheless backing us as a crew and as a membership."