Rangers could be directly impacted by the plans of UEFA and president Alexsander Ceferin to consider single-leg knockout European ties for future Champions League and Europa League competitions.
European football’s governing body has been inspired by the response and quality of one-legged ties after mini-tournaments were set up in the Europa League and Champions League amid the Covid pandemic.
This resulted in one-off games were players and teams had an all-or-nothing attitude which contributed to exciting matches.
Whilst nothing is set in stone, UEFA president Ceferin has admitted that this is something the game’s executive are looking at for the future.
“We were forced to do it but in the end we see that we found out something new,” said Ceferin [BBC Sport].
“So we will think about it in the future for sure.
“If it is one match, if one team scores then the other has to score as soon as possible. If it is two-legged system then there is still time to win the next match.
“But of course we also have to think about the fact that we have less matches and broadcasters say ‘you don’t have as many matches as before, this is different’ – so we will have to discuss when this crazy situation ends.”
Rangers took part in the Europa League’s mini-tournament in Germany but did not get to sample a one-legged affair having already played the first leg against Leverkusen at Ibrox in March.
The Gers were beaten 3-1 in the first leg at Ibrox before being beaten 1-0 in Germany after a stunning Europa League campaign which saw them reach the last-16.
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