Kris Boyd offers Rangers 'rip it up' theory but he insists Ajax are on a different level to PSV

Kris Boyd doesn’t believe Gio van Bronckhorst will rip up his Rangers team after Saturday’s thumping from Celtic.

The Gers are in Amsterdam ahead of kick off their Champions League Group A campaign against Ajax and a reaction will be expected to the weekend’s Old Firm defeat. The Light Blues were down and out by half-time as the Hoops raced into a three-goal lead before David Turnbull added a fourth late on to compound the misery for their rivals.

Now attention turns to European football once again. Van Bronckhorst ’s men enjoyed success in the Netherlands a fortnight ago when Antonio Colak’s winner against PSV sent them through to the lucrative group stage. Boyd says they can take encouragement from that, but reckons the Dutch champs or an a different level to their domestic rivals even after regenerating yet again this summer following the departure of their manager and several first team stars.

The temptation must have been there for van Bronckhorst to ring the changes from Saturday. But Boyd thinks that those who flopped at Parkhead will get the chance to make amends this evening.

“Rangers have done really well in Europe and you get the feeling that it suits them tonight,” he told Sky Sports. “Going to a cauldron at the Amsterdam Arena where the Ajax fans will demand their team push forward and Rangers have got pace to counter attack.

“It’s going to be a very difficult game. I know Ajax have sold a lot of players - over £180millon of talent and more than half of that was to Manchester United. But they’ve spent around £88million themselves, but it is a team in transition and Rangers will hope to exploit that.

“But it’s a massive step up to what Rangers were used to last season in Europe, especially in the group