The big Rangers questions answered as Gio wrestles with 3 huge dilemmas

The new season is ready to kick off – and the Record Rangers podcast is back with a bang. Giovanni van Bronckhorst has had a busy summer with seven new signings and fans will get the first glimpse of some of them in competitive action when the Ibrox side travel to Livingston for Saturday’s Scottish Premiership opener.

But there are so many big decisions for the Dutchman as the new campaign approaches. Will Allan McGregor be first choice between the sticks after signing his new deal or is Jon McLaughlin set to step up? New boy Ridvan Yilmaz at left back or Borna Barisic? How big a loss are departed duo Calvin Bassey and Joe Aribo?

And there might be more news to come with Alfredo Morelos and skipper James Tavernier both in contract talks. Rangers surrendered their league crown last season as Celtic won the title by four points but the Light Blues went all the way to the Europa League Final before lifting the Scottish Cup with a win over Hearts at Hampden. Now, with the new season upon us, Record Sport duo Gavin Berry and Andy Newport and Sunday Mail chief football writer Scott McDermott sat down to discuss the season ahead and you can listen to what they had to say by clicking on the link below.

ANDY: What does a Rangers goalkeeper need to do in domestic games? Come off his line and take crosses and be useful with the ball at his feet in terms of starting attacks and building out from the back. And on those two fronts McLaughlin has got the edge. There is no doubt Allan McGregor is the better shot-stopper of the two and has built his career on these belief-defying saves that Jon McLaughlin isn’t capable of. But for what Rangers need, especially in games domestically where they will dominate possession, Jon