Rangers are undoubtedly one of the biggest football clubs in British football.
The Ibrox side have a worldwide following and are widely regarded to be in the top six biggest sides across the United Kingdom.
Alongside Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Old Firm rivals Celtic, Rangers are routinely mentioned as having one of the biggest fan bases in the country.
But when it comes to the value of the Ibrox club’s squad, according to one leading football resource website, there are 27 teams in the UK currently more valuable than the Gers.
Transfermarkt ranks ‘100 most valuable clubs in UK’
Online football portal Transfermarkt is one of the beautiful game’s most comprehensive online databases.
The German-based website which hosts a number of live statistics and contact information for some of the game’s biggest players is an important resource in the professional game.
Whilst Transfermarkt’s method of player valuations is controversial and not entirely scientific, it’s designed to give a basic insight into the value of players across the footballing spectrum.
And it’s with this method that Transfermarkt have ranked the ‘top 100 most valuable clubs’ in British football.
Using a number of metrics to value British football’s biggest clubs, the list ranks from lowly Tranmere Rovers in 100th place (£3.9m) to Manchester City in 1st (£1.26bn).
Rangers rank 28th out of 100 ‘most valuable clubs’
Naturally, the first team we’ve looked out on the list is the famous Glasgow Rangers who are ranked 28th on the list.
The Ibrox squad has been valued at £80.8m and for context, that’s more than English Championship side Norwich (£78.7m) but less than Sheffield United (£89.1m).
Interestingly, Scottish Premiership rivals Hearts are the next Scottish side ranked below Rangers, with their squad valued at £19.4m and the Edinburgh club ranked 48.
The top five springs no surprises either, with the aforementioned Man City topping the list and Arsenal (£1.16bn), Chelsea (£954.2m), Liverpool (£923m) and Manchester United (£854.2m) following closely behind.
Old Firm rivals Celtic also rank on the list, five places higher than Rangers in 23rd with the Premiership side’s squad rated at £124.8m.
‘Most valuable’ Scottish Premiership teams
Celtic (£124.8m) – 23rd
Rangers (£80.8m) – 28th
Hearts (£19.4m) – 48th
Hibs (£16m) – 50th
Aberdeen (£15.1m) – 51st
Kilmarnock (£10.4m) – 58th
Motherwell (£10.1m) – 60th
St Mirren (£8.4m) – 67th
Dundee (£8m) – 69th
Dundee United (£7.1m) – 73rd
Ross County (£6.7m) – 75th
St Johnstone (£5.9m) – 79th
