Philippe Clement isn't having 5 Rangers 'limitations' as he reflects on a year in charge at Ibrox

For every few steps that Rangers have taken forward during Philippe Clement’s year in Glasgow, he’s had to watch them stagger in reverse by just as many.

Inheriting a team whose title hopes appeared dead and buried this time 12 months ago, the Belgian boss looked to have marched them back into contention - only for his side to then stumble down the final straight. Victory in the League Cup was a much-needed morale booster - but the feel-good factor didn’t last as Celtic ran off with the Scottish Cup as Brendan Rodgers' Hoops celebrated another dazzling Double.

And while there was an encouraging signs as Clement’s side mounted a Seville shock to bounce past Real Betis on their way to the last 16 of the Europa League last term, this season’s continental campaign has already fallen a little flat after bruising - and costly - defeats to Dynamo Kyiv and Lyon. But all those set-backs have done is to stiffen the Belgian’s determination to get the Ibrox club back walking tall as soon as possible.

Asked to sum up his year as Rangers boss, Clement - who celebrated the first anniversary of his appointment on Tuesday - grinned before cracking: "I need to be home at six! It’s a difficult one to discuss all of that, what happened in one year, in that time.

“But it’s good that we won a trophy along the way. I wanted more. We were close on more, but not good enough. We had to do a big rebuild in the club in every sense, on the pitch, off the pitch, so many things happened.

“So I'm putting every energy in that, day and night, to get this club back where it belongs. So the future is for me much more important than the past, in that way.

“There's steps that have been made, but we still have to make several steps to get where we want to be.