Rangers vs Tottenham LIVE: Europa League team news and line-ups ahead of battle of Britain at Ibrox – UK Times

Ange Postecoglou has revealed Tottenham vice-captain Cristian Romero has apologised after he aimed a dig at the club’s board over its transfer policy.

Defender Romero was forced off after only 15 minutes of Spurs’ 4-3 loss at home to Chelsea on Sunday with a fresh injury and this latest defeat made it one victory in seven matches.

Romero publicly backed Postecoglou post-match and also urged the club hierarchy – seemingly in reference to chairman Daniel Levy – to follow the lead of Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea in the transfer market by strengthening the squad.

Spurs were 2-0 up after 12 minutes, the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium was shaking with noise and Chelsea’s stumbling defender Marc Cucurella was so harrowed by his nightmare start that he’d had to change his boots. So perhaps the greatest indictment of this Spurs side is that even in that moment of utter dominance, with the game gift-wrapped and in the palm of their hands, you just knew they could fumble it at any moment.

Behind some brilliant Chelsea play to engineer a four-goal comeback was a comedy of Spurs errors, an unravelling of devastating proportions. Jadon Sancho was allowed to dribble from the touchline to the edge of the box and shoot. Yves Bissouma gave away a needless penalty with a lunge that could be seen long before it happened, yards before he actually clattered through Moises Caicedo. Pape Matar Sarr’s bungled challenge on Cole Palmer was even more foolish, given the forward was facing the corner flag at the time.

Here’s how we see the two teams lining-up against each other this evening:

Rangers XI: Butland; Tavernier, Souttar, Balogun, Jefte; Raskin, Diomande, Barron; Cerny, Dressers, Igamane

Tottenham XI: Forster; Porro, Gray, Dragusin, Udogie; Bentancur, Sarr, Maddison; Johnson, Solanke, Werner

Rangers will be without both Ianis Hagi and Danilo they are not in their Europa League squad, while Tom Lawrence is a doubt due to injury. Cyriel Dressers and Dujon Sterling may come in.

Tottenham lost Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven to injury against Chelsea. Ben Davies is out as well, along with Guglielmo Vicario, Richarlison and Wilson Odobert. Rodrigo Bentancur is available for Europe.

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The Europa League fixture will kick off at 8pm GMT on Thursday 12 December.

Spurs have one just win in their last seven games and have lost back-to-back matches in the Premier League, but Postecoglou has fond memories of Glasgow having overseen a successful two-year spell in charge of Rangers’ bitter rivals Celtic.

Postecoglou enjoyed a fine record in the Old Firm, with Celtic winning six of their 11 matches against Rangers during his tenure. But his Tottenham reign is threatening to unravel after the defeats to Bournemouth and Chelsea, with last month’s 4-0 win at Man City fading from memory.

Both teams are in a good position to advance in Europe with Rangers eighth in the table following an impressive 4-1 win at Nice last time out. Philippe Clement’s side have found some form, with four wins in a row in all competitions, but the Belgian remains under pressure too ahead of Sunday’s League Cup final against Celtic.

Tottenham are ninth in the Europa League standings following a 2-2 draw at home to Roma last time out.

Welcome to The Independent’s coverage on tonight’s Europa League action as Tottenham face off with Rangers at Ibrox.

Both sides have performed well in Europe so far but with the league phase drawing to a close they will want as many points as possible to ensure they finish inside the top eight.

We’ll have all the team news, line-ups and more throughout the night so stick with us as we build up to kick off at 8pm.