Brand new season. Same old problem. How exactly do Rangers intend to go about ram-raiding Celtic’s trophy cabinet and bringing the title back across Glasgow’s great divide?
It has resided there for 10 of the last 11 years after all and even when Steven Gerrard successfully managed to get his hands on the trophy, it was already slipping from his grasp before he jumped ship to Aston Villa midway through last season. Now it’s Gio van Bronckhorst ’s turn to solve this puzzle which spans back over a decade.
The Dutchman has certainly made a solid start to his work this summer with Besiktas left-back Ridvan Yilmaz his seventh new recruit of a hectic transfer window. The young Turkish international finalised his move on Monday as Van Bronckhorst was throwing open the doors of Ibrox to let fans get a close-up look at an open training session – just five days before the big kick-off at Livingston on Saturday lunchtime.
