Rangers fans are well aware that the club needs to get moving ahead of a crucial Champions League double-header in late July.
As part of that, Rangers have confirmed their pre-season schedule as the hunt for the next Rangers manager goes on and Davide Ancelotti sets his sights on Ibrox.
With the US takeover of Rangers set to be complete in mid-June, a sizeable summer of turnover is expected, with the Rangers squad set to be ripped up.
But whilst there are still many moving parts in the background of the club to be finalised, Rangers have confirmed an interesting pre-season fixture list.
Rangers confirm pre-season schedule
Rangers have confirmed they will have a week-long pre-season training camp at St George’s Park in early July.
Whilst the date of the week-long camp at the home of English football is yet to be confirmed, it will likely take place before the club’s first pre-season friendly.
The Ibrox side have also confirmed friendly matches at Ibrox with Belgian outfit Club Brugge (July 6th) and English Championship side Middlesbrough (July 26th).
Rangers will also play another friendly with Middlesbrough at Broadwood, presumably for pre-season minutes, with the club’s players to return to training on June 23rd.
With the Scottish Premiership fixtures to be confirmed on 20th June, the domestic season in Scotland will kick off on 2nd August.
But Rangers will be in competitive action before that date; the Ibrox side are set to play second round Champions League qualifiers on 22/23rd July and a week later on 29/30th July.
Rangers have 50/50 chance of Club Brugge Champions League clash
The glamour friendly with Club Brugge will stick out most to Rangers fans, with a 2pm kick-off on Sunday 6th July set to invite a bumper crowd to Glasgow.
But the match will also serve as optimum preparation for the Champions League qualifiers, where Rangers could face Club Brugge in the Playoff Round.
Rangers will be a seeded team in the second qualifying phase, where they will face either Panathinaikos (Greece), Servette (Switzerland) or Brann (Norway).
This will also be the case in the third qualifying phase, with Benfica (Portugal), Feyenoord (Netherlands) and Club Brugge (Belgium) joining the qualifiers at this stage of the competition.
But Rangers will be unseeded for the final Playoff phase of the Champions League qualifiers, where they will face the winner of either the tie involving Benfica or the tie involving Club Brugge.
This pre-season friendly with the Belgians could prove invaluable experience come the latter stages of the draw, with Rangers having a 50/50 chance of facing the Belgians should they reach the Playoff.
