Hampden switch 'best scenario' for Rangers - Clement

Manager Philippe Clement insists Rangers' impermanent move to Hampden was "the champion scenario" for nan nine while Ibrox is being renovated.

Rangers entertain Motherwell successful their first crippled astatine their caller location connected Saturday, connected nan backmost of their Champions League tie pinch Dynamo Kyiv successful midweek.

And, while Clement admits nan nine looked astatine nan anticipation of Murrayfield aliases a stadium successful England for a short-term relocation, he feels switching games to nan nationalist stadium is nan champion action for players and fans.

"I've been progressive successful that astir choices to make and it was for maine nan champion script - not only for nan players for sure, besides for nan fans, because we request to deliberation astir that," he said.

"That was for maine besides a privilege that they could consciousness successful a measurement astatine home, not travelling overmuch much than it is now. It's not a large difference. It's a small spot different possibly for people, but not a large difference.

"It would person been different if it was astatine Murrayfield aliases a large stadium successful England for example, [which] were besides different possibilities. So I'm really happy that nan nine could find a solution. I deliberation for everybody it's nan champion alternative.

"We cognize 1 point we will person again 50,000 fans down nan team, truthful that's a really important point that you person that magnitude of people.

"We person nan aforesaid magnitude that you person astatine Ibrox and I cognize nan fans will beryllium down nan squad to push them. I person nan acquisition a fewer times already pinch half our fans astatine Hampden who made a very bully atmosphere, truthful they will beryllium double now. So I expect much than double nan ambiance from earlier that."

Clement gave his squad a cleanable measure of wellness aft their tie pinch Kyiv connected Tuesday arsenic he drew positives from nan consequence up of adjacent week’s location limb – which will beryllium shown unrecorded connected BBC Scotland.

"It's confirmation that, week by week, nan squad is getting amended and players get amended beingness levels," he added.

"Players coming retired of injury, getting better. Players coming successful get to cognize each different better, getting physically better.

"So that's nan measurement we're going to proceed nan adjacent weeks and months. That's why I said besides we're going to be, of course, amended successful October and November. It's a logical thing."