Michael Mols suggests when Rangers should be looking to mount title challenge

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Mark Warburton’s Glasgow Rangers side are currently in the bottom-half of the Scottish Premiership table.

Michael Mols

Michael Mols has suggested that it is too soon to expect Rangers to challenge for the Scottish Premiership title, but hinted at when the side should be ready to make a charge, the Evening Times reports.

The Light Blues were expected by many to follow up their Scottish Championship title by at least temporarily pushing Old Firm foes Celtic in their first campaign back at the highest level.

Rangers manager Mark Warburton

However, the early signs suggest that the Gers will not be one of the front-runners for the title race. Mark Warburton’s men currently sit seventh in the table, seven points adrift of the Hoops, who also have a game in hand.

And with their title hopes already looking slim, Ibrox hero Mols has suggested when they should be ready to put up a substantial fight.

“Maybe next season,” he suggested for when he expects the club to challenge, as reported by the Evening Times. “This season they need to adjust as quickly as possible.

Rangers’ Joe Garner celebrates

“Also the manager is just building the team again and it takes time. In football everything’s unpredictable.

“You can’t say OK we have two months for this, then two months for that. It goes up and down. The only thing as long as they make progression.

“As I said before expectations are too high now in my opinion. Of course the supporters want success directly and they want back the Rangers time like before, challenging for the title but it doesn’t work that way in football.”

After a disappointing run of results, Warburton may have accepted that a title challenge may just be beyond them this season.

However, with more than enough quality within the squad to ensure that the team still enjoy a promising year, Warburton will be looking for his players to keep making progress over the coming months so that they go into next term with as much momentum as possible.