Charlie Miller knows what Rangers brilliance is built on as he reveals his direct access to Clement's inner circle

Charlie Miller played in a Rangers team enriched by a league of nations.

Be it a great Dane, an English maverick or imports from Holland, Germany, Sweden and beyond, the Ibrox line-up boasted a plethora of foreign stars as they completed their quest for nine in a row. But ask Castlemilk kid Charlie and he’ll always insist it was the tartan thread running through Walter Smith’s glittering 90s line-up that ensured the club continually hit the standards demanded in Govan.

Miller walked into a dressing room boasting Scotland stars Richard Gough, Ally McCoist, Ian Durrant, Andy Goram, David Robertson, Stuart McCall and Gordon Durie. Born and bred a Rangers fan, he knew as well as any of those big names what was required to succeed in Glasgow. And it’s that local knowledge he believes is sorely missing from Philippe Clement’s modern-day Light Blues side.

The XI that edged past Motherwell to move into next month’s Premier Sports Cup Final contained just two Scots – Aberdonians John Souttar and Connor Barron. Miller said: “I think most of all, there’s not enough Scottish players in the team. Barron’s just come in as a young kid. I hope he goes on and does very well but we need the nucleus to know what the club is about.

“When I was there the nucleus of the team was probably six or seven Scottish players starting every week. Not just Scottish but Glaswegians as well, guys that supported the club growing up and knew exactly what the club meant. That’s a big miss. We’re not signing the best in Scotland.

“We’ve missed so many of the Scottish players in the last few years – Lewis Ferguson, Josh Doig, Aaron Hickey, Andy Robertson. There’s probably more than that. I just don’t know who’s watching these guys who we’re signing.”

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