Rangers tie with Bayer Leverkusen at Ibrox to go ahead despite coronavirus fears

Club confirmed in Twitter statement match at Ibrox will go ahead

Rangers’ match with Bayer Leverkusen at Ibrox will go ahead, the club have announced.

There were fears the game would be called off with Spanish newspaper Marca reporting that Uefa had decided to cancel all Europa League and Champions League encounters.

However, the governing body released a statement saying they would wait until Tuesday and a meeting of all 55 member associations to discuss what to do about the ongoing coronavirus crisis.

The Europa League trophy.

Rangers then confirmed the match would be going ahead as planned with a short statement on Twitter.

It read: “#RangersFC can confirm that tonight’s @EuropaLeague match against @bayer04_en will go ahead as planned in front of our Ibrox crowd.

“Thank you for your patience and understanding as everyone within the football community and beyond deals with this ever changing situation.”

At present, domestic, European and international competitions – including the Champions League and Euro 2020 – are under threat as governments look to stop the virus spreading throughout Europe.

It has been reported that all English football games will take place behind closed doors from next week, while Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she would advise that events with over 500 people in attendance be cancelled.

Rangers will square off against Leverkusen for a place in the last eight of the Europa League.

The game will kick-off at 8pm.