Mark Warburton: Top-flight draw doesn't faze Rangers
Thursday 27 August 2015 13:03, UK
Rangers boss Mark Warburton said he is looking forward to testing his side against Ladbrokes Premiership opposition - even it means taking on champions Celtic.
The Gers boss watched his side cruise into the third round of the League Cup with a rampant 5-0 demolition job on Airdrie at the Excelsior Stadium.
Rangers go into Thursday's draw but will not be seeded - meaning they are destined to land top-flight opposition.
That could throw up the possibility of a clash with the club's bitter Old Firm rivals just seven months after the team lost 2-0 to the Hoops at the semi-final stage of the same tournament under caretaker boss Kenny McDowall.
But Warburton said: "I think we're in good shape. There's a lot of work to be done and it's still early days. When you've got a team playing with the work ethic that you saw then you'll be okay.
"Very respectfully, we look forward to the draw but we don't mind who we play.
"We want to test ourselves against a top-flight side and I think we'll pose a good challenge to a lot of people.
"I don't mind who we draw. It's about us learning as a group. We will be exposed in certain areas but you have seen for yourselves we can handle ourselves on a football pitch and we look forward to whoever we get."
