Philippe Clement channels Rangers 'extra powers' as boss calls on two secret weapons to fuel title charge

Philippe Clement insists his power Rangers will return home recharged and ready to surge into the second half of the season.

The Ibrox boss has spent the past five days in the Spanish resort of La Manga putting his team through a gruelling winter training camp. The intensive workout comprised daily double sessions of lung-bursting drills in an effort to stack up the stamina reserves Clement believes are going to be vital if his team are to build on their encouraging start under his leadership.

His leggy Light Blues suffered a 1-0 defeat to Germans Hertha Berlin in a bounce-game clash on Saturday. There will be no rest as they head back to their Auchenhowie base on Monday, though, with Clement vowing to continue pushing his side in Glasgow following another friendly kick-about with Copenhagen at Ibrox tomorrow night. But the big Belgian is convinced Gers will be back at their peak levels come Saturday’s Scottish Cup trip to Dumbarton as his team begin another exhausting run that could see them face up to 13 games in the space of just 58 days.

The Ibrox boss - who was bizarrely sent off during the Berlin game after letting rip at the officials - said: “We saw good things on a pitch that was not the best. We tried to play with a good tempo on a pitch that also wasn’t the biggest, to create space against a team that didn’t want the ball and waited for transitions.

“So those are the circumstances that make it more difficult to score the goal. I see the good intentions with a lot of players and I saw the effort, which is what we need for the moment.

“They will have the profit of that in the next couple of weeks because the players are going to go really deep this week and in the week to come. But it will give them extra powers