Rangers' central decisions in defence and midfield - how Giovanni van Bronckhorst might line up against Dortmund

The Bundesliga giants responded from their shock at the Westfalenstadion with a 6-0 trouncing of Borussia Monchengladbach at the weekend to gear up for the second leg at Ibrox in style.

Rangers received a boost when Erling Haaland did not travel with the German side but there are still plenty of other talented players lining up against Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s team for the manager to consider thwarting to engineer a memorable and eye-catching progression into the Europa League last 16.

He’s pledged not to sit back and absorb Dortmund attacks, and having scored four on the road, he has firepower in his armoury but decisions to make over his personnel – and he might need to.

Ibrox took Jude Bellingham’s breath away when he attended pre-match training on Wednesday night and, with 50,000 fans in a sell-out stadium, it promises to be a big night in Glasgow.

Here’s how the home side could line up.

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