Rangers will keep away from some continental heavyweights in the event that they find yourself within the Europa League group stage subsequent season.
The Ibrox facet have hopes of reaching the Champions League group stage as they enter UEFA’s premier competitors on the third qualifying spherical stage.
However they fell at that hurdle towards Malmo final season and dropped into the Europa League playoff the place they defeated Alashkert to achieve the group stage earlier than going all the way in which to the Last.
Nevertheless, the Ibrox facet would go immediately into the group stage this time round in the event that they lose their qualifier within the second tier competitors with subsequent season's Last being held in Budapest.
Rangers had been in Pot 2 final season as they had been drawn towards Lyon, Sparta Prague and Brondby and negotiated that to make all of it the way in which to Seville the place they misplaced to Eintracht Frankfurt.
And the Gentle Blues have been boosted due to the rising co-efficient because it was revealed they'd be in Pot 1 if they're within the Europa League group stage hat once more.
Which means they'd positively keep away from newly-crowned Europa Convention League champions Roma and their bitter rivals Lazio in addition to English Premier League giants Manchester United and Arsenal and Portuguese facet Braga, who they defeated within the Europa League quarter finals.
Rangers will nonetheless hope they aren’t in that draw on August 26 as they appear to as an alternative be a part of Celtic within the Champions League.
Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s males may face Sturm Graz, Monaco, Union St Gilloise or the likes of AEK Larnaca, Fenerbahce or Midtjylland within the third spherical qualifier with PSV Eindhoven and Dynamo Kiev potential opponents within the playoff.