Thomas Buffel has fired a Champions League warning to his former club after landing Belgian outfit Union Saint-Gilloise in the third qualifying round.
Giovanni van Bronckhorst and his Rangers side are bidding for a place at Europe's top table and will need to successfully negotiate two rounds to join Celtic in the lucrative group stages of the competition. They have discovered their first hurdle in order to reach the promised land with the former Light Blues star admitting it will NOT be an easy tie.
Union made a stunning top flight comeback last season after an extended period in the lower leagues and only lost out on lifting the league crown to Club Brugge in the end of season play-offs. However, they have earned a crack at the big time against the Ibrox men. Buffel is in no doubt Rangers have the experience to get through the two-legged affair and can use their Europa League journey blueprint as the way to get into the hat for the play-off round.
