Dortmund must beat Rangers for two reasons as Europa League tie set to be a 'nail biter' for Borussia money men

Borussia Dortmund want to scratch a Euro itch by lifting the only UEFA club competition that has so far eluded them.

And to do that they will have to see off rivals from the city where they won their first European trophy - and became the first German club to do so - when they beat Liverpool in the 1966 European Cup Winners’ Cup final at Hampden Park.

UEFA’s second tier competition is the only major European trophy the 1997 Champions League winners have failed to win so far.

But their desire to beat Rangers and move a step closer to winning this season’s Europa League comes more from just wanting to add the trophy to their collection.

Instead, the club’s €70 million debt makes it more of a necessity to go all the way to Seville and that will see them under real pressure when they face Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s Gers.

The Scottish Premiership champions head to the Signal Iduna Park where only 10,000 fans will be allowed inside the 80,000 capacity stadium.

The lack of fans during the pandemic has hit their finances hard for a club that flirted with bankruptcy previously.

Borussia Dortmund specialist writer and president of the BVB London supporters club, Benjamin McFadyean, spoke to the Record Rangers podcast ahead of the mouthwatering tie for the low down on the Bundesliga giants and he highlighted the cash issues.

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