Gio van Bronckhorst was adamant he had no regrets over the fact Rangers kept the wallet shut on deadline day.
But carry on like this and the stunned Ibrox boss is going to spend plenty of time in the weeks ahead lamenting the failure to properly equip his team for the challenges ahead. As if being pummelled at Parkhead wasn’t bad enough, now there’s the indignity of being annihilated in Amsterdam on their Champions League return.
Having spent 12 years on the outside looking in, the Light Blues can be forgiven for asking themselves just why they were in such a rush to break back into the group stages. They may have more than held their own in the Europa League last year – but they quickly learned UEFA’s top tournament is another level entirely. There could have been two balls on the pitch and van Bronckhorst ’s team would have struggled to get a touch against an Ajax side brimming with class and quality.
