Former Rangers skipper Lorenzo Amoruso believes the prospect of Champions League football will help attract players to Ibrox.
Six players have left the cash-strapped Govan club since the end of last season and Walter Smith is scouring the world in his bid to find some replacements. The Rangers boss is waiting to see if Rapid Vienna will sell him striker Nikica Jelavic while Honduras striker Georgie Welcome is on trial this week.
"They need to bring in someone new. And the Champions League is always a fantastic scenario for any player. "Rangers having that is an unbelievable attraction," said Amoruso.
"It is a fantastic opportunity for any player to come to Scotland and show themselves in the Champions League."
Amoruso, back in Glasgow to publicise Tennent's new three-year sponsorship deal with the Old Firm, admits that regardless of how much of an attraction the Champions League may be to any possible signing, making an impact in the competition is a different thing altogether.
The Ibrox club had a nightmare in the group stages last season taking just two points and the Italian insists they will have to depend on a strong defence to do better this time.
"It's going to be tougher again, the Champions League does not wait for anyone," he said. "You can't make a mistake in the Champions League.
"In a couple of games last year, at home especially, Rangers made a few mistakes.
"It's important that Davie Weir stays and (Madjid) Bougherra as well so the line-up at the back stays exactly the same, which means they are going to be as solid and compact as any other team in Europe.
"If they have been winning it's just because they are strong at the back and hopefully they will make less mistakes in the Champions League."
Source: PA
