I doubt we'll do to the US - they're in the World Cup so all their focus will be on that.
Given Italy aren't in it I think we should try and set something up with the likes of Inter/Juve/AC. Italian teams have a heavy domestic bias in their teams and will be looking to keep them fit over the break.
Would cost the club, so rule it out.Ibrox tournament with Hamburg, Arsenal and another?
6 weeks off then right back into league footballNot for me, there's too much football as it is. Give the players some time with their families.
Why thank you, someone gets it!6 weeks off then right back into league football
Great idea mate
This. Would love a wee away day over there.Home and away vs Hamburg for a friendship cup
Espanyol?
If it were a tournament at Ibrox it would most likely be hamburg , OC and Bengalaru as they all club partners. I'd much rather we play OC and Hamburg in Summer and play Bengalaru away in November before playing a Premier league in Thailand.Ibrox tournament with Hamburg, Arsenal and another?
While I get the sporting sentiment.If the war is over - it has to be Dynamo Moscow at home for me to mark 50 years after Barcelona and as a reminder of the 1945 tour that showed sport brings common cause above politics.
Really? A Russian side? That would be some publicity. Dynam Kiev more like it.If the war is over - it has to be Dynamo Moscow at home for me to mark 50 years after Barcelona and as a reminder of the 1945 tour that showed sport brings common cause above politics.
Barcelona club that isn’t separatist.Espanyol?
Sampdoria. Just like the old Ibrox summer tournament. Class strip as wellHamburg, Linfield + 1 other
Why do so many folk on here look at other countries through a Uk/Scottish lens?Barcelona club that isn’t separatist.
Dynamo Kyiv would be much, much better - if the war is over.While I get the sporting sentiment.
It's not something that I feel would be a good choice.
And in any case obviously amongst more than a few other issues with the aussie friendly, Part of our problem was that it was being portrayed as their managers home coming thus suggesting we were there as some sort of after thought.
Had the war not happened and you were Dynamo Moscow.
Would you want to be coming over to be the bit part players and be reminded you lost a final.
Sound like a similar scenario to me.
Perhaps a three team tournament with the likes of Dynamo Zagreb and (don't shoot me) an Olympiakos or the likes? A lot of Australians with Balkan/south eastern European roots.I think we need to sort a trip down under to be honest. The support there have had an albeit controversial, chance to see a big game rightfully taken away. Perhaps put some feelers out around Europe and see if a big team fancies joining us for a wee game or 2 there?
I have no idea mate. Could be they can only see things from their own perspective?Why do so many folk on here look at other countries through a Uk/Scottish lens?
Like I said I understand it from a sporting point of view.@Fifty+five
In 36 years time would you have any issue playing Zenit if they wanted to mark 2008? I wouldn't. Not really in same ballpark as being set-up to play second fiddle in a friendly to filth facing a class action over child abuse.
Reconciliation and rapprochement will be needed in the year ahead and with 1945 and 1972 as markers then Dynamo would make sense to me.
Linfield who helped usIbrox tournament with Hamburg, Arsenal and another?
James Sands homecoming tournamentNew York would be a good shout with Rangers, Juve, Inter, and New York City
I think that would attract the crowds ( and the money )
Stoke ? Due to the loving cup?Hamburg, Linfield + 1 other
One things for sure we won’t be making £3 millionAfter todays smashing news, and before March ends and we get into the chaotic rollercoaster that will be April what would we like to see in November in place of the Australia trip?
We've got to be looking for some nice trip out the UK surely?
Florida Cup round 2 anyone?
It wouldn't even have needed to be first team squads of top teams,I doubt there will be much of an appetite for a November friendly at Ibrox, especially given that the standard of opposition won't be great with a WC being on.
Just after the RST was founded they held a meeting inside Ibrox about Supporter's trusts around Europe and I'm sure there was a representative from Espanyol who was one of the main speakers.
The founder of the Espanyol Rangers Supporters Club is a Spanish native with a Scottish mother and a Glasgow accent named Andy, who insists there are more similarities between the two clubs than initially meets the eye.
He lifts the lid on the origins of the link, explaining Espanyol supporters are mostly loyal to the Spanish union in a city where so many want Catalan independence.
Here in the first part of our series of Scottish clubs with links to continental teams, Andy says: "In Barcelona, there are two teams - FC Barcelona and Espanyol.
"Barcelona are associated with the political status quo in Catalonia - the desire for independence, whereas Espanyol are directly linked to loyalism in Spain, the preserve of the country’s union.
A vast majority of Espanyol fans are Spanish loyalists and it is uncomfortable to be an Espanyol fan publicly in Catalonia because of the economic and political situation here.
As such we do not get much money, and we feel Espanyol are mirrored with Rangers in terms of the economic situation, but also because of the atmosphere, loyalty, passion and the colour blue that both teams share."
Andy also believes the relationship between Barca and Celtic helps bring his two favourite teams together.
Let Spartak Moscow play Dynamo Kiev at Ibrox for our amusement, we’ll play the winnerIf the war is over - it has to be Dynamo Kyiv at home for me to raise money to rebuild Ukraine.
Nah, you're alright.
The founder of the Espanyol Rangers Supporters Club is a Spanish native with a Scottish mother and a Glasgow accent named Andy, who insists there are more similarities between the two clubs than initially meets the eye.
He lifts the lid on the origins of the link, explaining Espanyol supporters are mostly loyal to the Spanish union in a city where so many want Catalan independence.
Here in the first part of our series of Scottish clubs with links to continental teams, Andy says: "In Barcelona, there are two teams - FC Barcelona and Espanyol.
"Barcelona are associated with the political status quo in Catalonia - the desire for independence, whereas Espanyol are directly linked to loyalism in Spain, the preserve of the country’s union.
A vast majority of Espanyol fans are Spanish loyalists and it is uncomfortable to be an Espanyol fan publicly in Catalonia because of the economic and political situation here.
As such we do not get much money, and we feel Espanyol are mirrored with Rangers in terms of the economic situation, but also because of the atmosphere, loyalty, passion and the colour blue that both teams share."
Andy also believes the relationship between Barca and Celtic helps bring his two favourite teams together.
I’ve no idea, it’s just an article I found. Had never heard of it until I seen it mentioned on here todayNah, you're alright.
Also, what relationship between Celtic and Barcelona?