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Josh McCafferty

What Ferguson has told Rangers players about being 'too nice' vs Fenerbahce

Interim Rangers head coach Barry Ferguson has urged his players to not be as nice going forward. 

It comes as the Ibrox club prepare to welcome Fenerbahce to Govan in the Europa League last 16 tomorrow evening. 

Ferguson's men go into the second leg 3-1 ahead, thanks to goals from Cyriel Dessers and Vaclav Cerny in Istanbul. 

Ahead of the visit of Jose Mourinho's men to Ibrox tomorrow, Ferguson has urged his players to not be as soft as they have of late: "Sometimes we are too nice," he said.  


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"I have told my players we can't be nice all the time."

Ferguson's message is timely considering, after Fenerbahce, he takes his players to face Celtic at Parkhead on Sunday. 

The Rangers legend knows the demands the fixture holds, although his prime focus, at the minute, is on progressing to the quarter-finals of the Europa League. 

Ferguson says his players are primed for the challenge: "You have to handle pressure at Rangers," he said. 

"This is something the squad would admit they haven't handled at times.

"This is a team we have to take head-on. What an opportunity we have against a top team. We are ready and raring to go."

The interim boss also provided an update on the fitness of Robin Propper in his pre-match press conference. He said: "Robin Propper had a couple of training sessions. 

"Ideally, I would love to have everyone available, but I will need to wait and see tomorrow morning if I have a full squad available.

"There are two or three I hope have come through the session today."

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