Davie Weir has claimed that getting a £100m transfer war-chest wouldn’t close the gap with Celtic.
Mark Warburton has been given £100m less to spend this month with Weir claiming that Jon Toral and Emerson Hyndman were the top January signing targets.
Last April all seemed well with Weir’s world as he celebrated an emphatic win over Celtic in the semi-final of the Scottish Cup.
The joy of that afternoon at Hampden was the launchpad for the #goingfor55 campaign but five months later reality sunk in as Celtic won the first league derby 5-1.
Subsequent defeats at Hampden and Ibrox have brought a level of reality to the situation although James Tavernier is of the belief that the gap between the clubs is closing.
Weir however, launching a campaign to buy Ibrox bricks, takes another view and couldn’t be more downcast as he viewed the position between two of the Glasgow clubs.
“We don’t like it, but there is a gap because they have invested and they’ve been playing at a great level,” Mark Warburton’s number two admitted to The Express. “They have a team full of international players that they are constantly improving.
“Rangers haven’t been doing that. The club has been in the backwaters for the last four or five years and haven’t really invested in the squad.
“How do you bridge that gap? Well, unless you’re spending £100m or whatever the figure may be – and even that doesn’t guarantee.
“You have to do it slowly, through a process, and by constantly improving players, the challenges you give them, the environment, the youth department.”
Following the Scottish Cup semi final defeat Brendan Rodgers was only able to sign one player more expensive that Joey Garner- Ibrox match-winner Scott Sinclair.
Rodgers added a total of five players to his squad during the summer transfer window- Warbo brought in 11 including the midfield trio of Joey Barton, Nico Kranjcar and Jordan Rossiter.