Budgets and leagues mean nothing when facing Rangers in Battle of Britain insists Man Utd icon

09.09.2024 - 05:50 dailyrecord.co.uk

Nicky Butt reckons the financial chasm won’t mean a thing when Rangers get back to Old Trafford. The Manchester United icon is adamant his former club can budget on another proper Battle of Britain when going up against the fired-up Light Blues.

Rangers’ encounter with the English giants and also their clash with Premier League rivals Tottenham are the pick of the club’s continental group-stage campaign.

Philippe Clement’s team face an enormous gulf on-and-off the park, yet Butt says it’ll count for little when the match-fires are lit.

While the Belgian boss had to wait to get players out of the door to make signings at Ibrox at the end of the window, his counterpart was spending £42million on Paris St Germain’s Manuel Ugarte.

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