Michael Beale sets out Rangers improvement 'right order' as he spies domestic focus

The Rangers manager goes into the clash with Celtic under pressure to get a mood-changing result after an indifferent start to the season and suffering a 5-1 battering in the second-leg Champions League qualifier against PSV Eindhoven.

And while it's yet to spark to life so far, with the three strikers Danilo, Cyriel Dessers and Abdallah Sima coming in for criticism for failing to make a major impact, Beale insists it's been an expected part of the long-term squad-building process. One existing Rangers player who must feel like a new signing is Roofe, finally fully fit after recovering from a hip problem that required surgery. The striker made only six appearances last term in a season blighted by injury. There's little doubt that a physically sharp Roofe is a special player at Scottish Premiership level, and his return is very much part of Beale's thinking.

Neither of Glasgow's big two come into this derby clash in good form with Brendan Rodgers' side failing to score in their last two domestic games against Kilmarnock and St Johnstone. Celtic are going through an unlikely revolution despite winning the treble last year under Ange Postecoglou and have made ten signings as they look to reshape the squad in their new manager's image.

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