Andy Walker believes the loss of Joe Aribo and Calvin Bassey could result in Rangers missing out on the Champions League.
The former Light Blues duo departed the club earlier this summer in big money moves to the English Premier League with Southampton and to the Eredivisie to join Ajax. Both played major key roles in the Europa League run to Seville last season with Giovanni van Bronckhorst's men losing in heartbreaking circumstances to Frankfurt.
Rangers travel to the Netherlands next week for their play-off return after a 2-2 home draw with PSV on Tuesday night - setting up a nervy 90 minutes with the winner landing a spot in the lucrative group stages of the Champions League. During their European run last season the Ibrox men defeated the likes of Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig, with ex- Celtic man Walker admitting they are more than capable of going away and getting a big result.
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However, he has casted doubt over the quality of the Rangers team this season compared to last after the loss of the duo admitting he's 'not convinced'.
Walker told The Go Radio Football Show : "I'm still intrigued by doing away with the away goal, and I think it helped the game. I think PSV came to Glasgow wanting to win it.
"It doesn't matter that Rangers have lost two goals at home, they have just got a draw and they (PSV) can be a bit more open minded in attack. Rangers have shown time and time again over the last couple of season's that they are capable of going away from home and getting a big result.
"The only thing I would say is that was with Joe Aribo and with Calvin Bassey. I thought the two of them were consistently playing at a high level.
"I'm just not convinced this Rangers team is as good as that one."
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