Michael Beale has warned Ange Postecoglou that he is ready to chase Celtic down for the Premiership title.
The new Ibrox boss is fully aware that he faces an uphill battle to claw back a nine-point deficit on Celtic that was left by his predecessor Gio van Bronckhorst but he is ready to go all-in to make it happen as he assesses the Rangers players over this World Cup break and aims to have them flying the resumption of the Premiership on December 15.
When Beale left Ibrox in November last year when Steven Gerrard upped sticks for Aston Villa Rangers were champions and had a four-point lead - which became six - but the pendulum has swung since then with Celtic turning that around to wrest the title back and they have motored on this season in a relentless nature as Rangers have faltered.