“Rangers have lost physicality after departure of three Super Eagles stars”- mccoist admits

improbable Ajax Amsterdam staff thrashed Scottish Premiership giants Glasgow Rangers of their opening recreation of the group stage of the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday night.

The Gentle Blues had been dismantled within the first half as Edson Alvarez, Steven Berghuis and Mohammed Kudus gave Ajax a 3-0 lead.

With ten minutes left on the clock, Steven Bergwijn added a fourth after a defensive mistake.

Rangers might have pulled a purpose again however hit the submit within the closing moments.

Assessing the efficiency of the Rangers gamers at halftime, Rangers icon Ally McCoist, who was on punditry duties for BT Sport, highlighted that Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s facet have misplaced physicality following the departures of three Tremendous Eagles stars Leon Balogun, Joe Aribo and Calvin Bassey.

Balogun left as a free agent earlier than he was snapped up by Championship outfit Queens Park Rangers, whereas Aribo and Bassey had been offered to Southampton and Ajax respectively in the summertime switch window.

Álvarez opened the scoring when he headed residence unchallenged within the coronary heart of the Rangers field and it appeared the closest defenders Goldson and Tavernier had been blocking one another.

“The issue is, and I preserve harping on about it, you lose Balogun, you lose Aribo, you lose Bassey – you lose three good gamers – however you lose an actual physicality in your staff. You lose defensive power at set performs,” McCoist mentioned on BT Sport.

“You have solely received one participant in your staff, proper now taking a look at that Rangers staff, you’ve got received one participant, and he is not been nice at it by the way in which, and that is Goldson that appears able to profitable a defensive header. Within the trendy recreation, notably at set performs, that isn’t adequate.”

Aribo and Bassey had been key members of the Rangers facet that reached the ultimate of final season’s Europa League.