Vaclav Cerny ready for Rangers starring Champions League role as he explains squad summer schedule contrast

The restless Rangers faithful have reached the point where they want things done yesterday. But Vaclav Cerny believes he can be the man to deliver.

That will be music the ears of the decanted Ibrox faithful after watching what the Czech winger produced during his 55-minute run-out on Saturday. A team that has looked worryingly short on attacking threat over the summer suddenly had a menace about them with Cerny on the wing as they kicked off their Hampden tenancy with a narrow win over Motherwell.

It wasn’t just the 26-year-old’s sublime finish that earned the points against Stuart Kettlewell’s side which is offering cause for excitement. There was his clever movement off the right flank and the early signs of a burgeoning relationship with James Tavernier. Added together with his impressive range of passing and it all combined to offer some hope at last for a fanbase that’s spent the summer verging from disenchantment to dismay.

However, the lingering worry for those same fans is that new-found cutting edge largely disappeared when the Czech ace was taken off early in the second half. Boss Philippe Clement is taking no risks with the on-loan Wolfsburg winger while he waits for his fitness levels to top up.

It’s the same one-step-at-a-time approach he’s opted for as he looks to reintegrate fellow new recruit Robin Propper and returning frontman Danilo into his line-up. If only the fans could show the big Belgian’s patient streak as nerves begin to jangle ahead of tomorrow night’s crucial Champions League clash with Dynamo Kyiv.

Cerny is well aware he’s joined a club where tolerance often doesn’t last long. But he wants the punters to know he’s also a man in a hurry as he looks to get back up to speed after taking a month