High spending Lyon travel to Ibrox still seeking to gel and find consistency, writes Alasdair Lamont.
It’s difficult to assess just how big a threat the Lyon squad arriving at Ibrox on Thursday will pose to Rangers' ambitions of back-to-back Europa League victories.
Their start to the season has been a mixed bag, and although they have won their past two games - including their own Europa League opener at home to Olympiakos - they required an injury-time winner to secure a seemingly fortuitous victory over Toulouse on Sunday. But Lyon have not won the domestic title since. Although they were still a decent side when they returned to Ibrox in 2021 with Bruno Guimaraes and Lucas Paqueta pulling the strings, their star has definitely waned.
The purse strings were loosened in January as Sage was given the manager's job permanently, allowing him to strengthen and mould the squad as he saw fit.
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