Steven Whittaker shares Philippe Clement verdict as Rangers Europa League boost emerges at Ibrox.

In his assessment of Philippe Clement, Steven Whittaker gave the Rangers manager high marks while speculating that the Light Blues would yet be able to win the Scottish Premiership. The Gers are eight points behind Celtic at the top of the Scottish Premiership standings right now, but Clement’s team still has two games in hand as they aim to win their first championship since Steven Gerrard’s 2020–21 campaign.

Whittaker, a former Rangers defender, thinks that the Gers’ Europa League games will provide them a lift when the title fight heats up in the second half of the season, despite the packed schedule. The Daily Record (January 13) cited him as saying, “The European games take care of themselves.” The admirers adore it, the

“I anticipate that they will approach them with a high degree of motivation and performance. They will feel more confident because of their recent success and growth in the competition over the previous few years. However, it also demonstrates to them the benchmarks they must strive to meet every week. A Rangers player’s constant question is, “Can you reach that every time so you can blow teams away?”

The players appear to have responded well to the boss. They are currently contending for the top spot in the league, and if they continue on this current trajectory, who knows?Of course, one of the games you want to play is The Old Firm.

Blow teams away

Given Celtic’s early advantage, Rangers will need to perform at their highest level every time they take the field after the winter break if they want to win the Premiership back from the Hoops.

The Gers have proven they are more than capable of crushing teams under Clement’s direction. I can’t help but think of games like the Europa League victory over Real Betis, where the Light Blues completely outplayed the Spanish powerhouses.

In order to get to the top of the league, they will now need to figure out how to put up a performance like that every week in the league, as Whittaker says. Purchasing a ticket to Europe could

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