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Provan’s warning to Gerrard over his friends claiming the Close Season Cup winners

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Davie Provan has taken aim at the army of experts that handed the Close Season Cup to Steven Gerrard.

After a trophy-less season at Ibrox it seems that the arrival of five free transfers, development fees paid for Jake Hastie and Joe Aribo plus the £3m signing of Filip Helander has turned the landscape of Scottish football upside down.

Day after day experts have been falling over themselves to share the good news with barely a though given to the Treble Treble champions.

A laboured 0-0 draw away to Progres Niederkorn brought a dose of reality to Ibrox with the real action now underway.

Two Europa League ties against Midtjylland either side of a visit to Ibrox from Hibs will provide truer reflection of how this season’s Revolution is faring up with Provan wary of the summer fanfare.

In The Sun he explains:

After eight new signings and an impressive run of pre-season results, expectation has risen like a helium balloon. Some of it fuelled by Gerrard’s own pals.

First, former England team-mate John Terry claimed the Old Firm balance of power is shifting towards Ibrox. My old Sky Sports buddy Andy Gray agreed after watching Gers beat Marseille in a bounce game. Distinguished Scottish football authority Sheyi Ojo went further, claiming Rangers are already the best team in the country.

Ahead of a difficult opener at Rugby Park, Gerrard could have done without the mouth music.

Today’s late win at Kilmarnock is likely to see expectations go even higher among the deluded even though only two of the summer signings made it into the starting XI.

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