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Rangers new boy Connor Barron starts in midfield alongside Mohamed Diomande, who joined permanently from Nordsjælland in the summer.
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📋 TEAM NEWS
Your first Hearts XI of the season to face Rangers! 🇱🇻 pic.twitter.com/wbb5BkZsfu
— Heart of Midlothian FC (@JamTarts) August 3, 2024
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⚽️ Today’s #RangersFC team to face Hearts.
🗒️ Full Team News: https://t.co/n6ARKpBh5c pic.twitter.com/zBZ9bVqgya
— Rangers Football Club (@RangersFC) August 3, 2024
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Fitba’s back, baby! The new Scottish Premiership season begins with a cracking match at Tynecastle: Hearts, who finished third last season, against the runners-up Rangers. There hasn’t been a wealth of pre-season optimism at Ibrox, with all concerned realising the extent of Philippe Clement’s challenge.
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Clement has signed nine players this summer, most with a view to the medium and long-term, and a number of thirtysomething regulars have left the club.
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Rangers announced an extension to Clement’s contract yesterday, which now runs to 2028, and he has stressed the need for patience in the build-up to this game. Good luck with that!
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If Rangers do drop off, Hearts are the team most likely to break into the top off. But their squad will be tested by a minimum of eight games in Europe. As ever, much will depend on the efficiency of Lawrence Shankland, who swept the awards last season and has scored 24 league goals in both his seasons at Tynecastle.
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Kick off 12.30pm.
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— Rangers Football Club (@RangersFC) August 3, 2024
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As Scotland’s Premiership season kicks off on Saturday, the only danger to Celtic is Celtic themselves. Rangers are a distant second best, off and on the pitch. There is no other way to assess a club who will decamp to Hampden Park for the early stages of the campaign due to the botched upgrade of disabled facilities inside Ibrox.
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Important Events
Team news
Three new Hearts players will play in the match. Jan Danda, Gerald Taylor and James Penrice.
Rangers rookie Connor Barron He will start in midfield alongside Mohamed Diomande, who joined from Nordsjaelland on a permanent basis in the summer.
📋 Team News
The first Hearts XI of the season will take on Rangers! 🇱🇻 pic.twitter.com/wbb5BkZsfu
— Heart of Midlothian FC (@JamTarts) August 3, 2024
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⚽️Today’s #RangersFC The team that will face Hearts.
🗒️ Full team news: https://t.co/n6ARKpBh5c pic.twitter.com/zBZ9bVqgya
— Rangers Football Club (@RangersFC) August 3, 2024
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The Premier League season is about to get underway but the transfer window is still wide open. Hearts new signing Malachi Boateng will be on the bench today.
✍️ The signing of Malachi Boateng from Crystal Palace has been finalised.
Malachi joins on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee.
Welcome, Malachi! 🤝
📖➡️ https://t.co/eCZDtidy8H pic.twitter.com/ejHcKLgjAd
— Heart of Midlothian FC (@JamTarts) August 3, 2024
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Ewan Murray season preview
As the Scottish Premier League season gets underway on Saturday, Celtic’s only real threat is themselves, with Rangers a distant second both on and off the pitch. There’s no other way to assess the club, who will move to Hampden Park for the start of the season after a failed upgrade to disabled facilities at Ibrox.
preamble
Fitba is back! The new Scottish Premiership season kicks off with a fantastic match at Tynecastle, pitting last season’s third-placed Hearts against runners-up Rangers. There’s been little pre-season optimism at Ibrox and all involved are aware of the challenges ahead for Philippe Clement.
Clement signed nine players this summer with a view to medium- to long-term contracts, but several regular players in their 30s have left the club.
The Rangers announced yesterday that they would be extending Clement’s contract until 2028. Clement has stressed the need for patience ahead of this match. Good luck!
Hearts are the most likely team to rise to the top if Rangers drop down the table, but their squad will be tested by a minimum of eight games in Europe and, as always, much will depend on the talents of Lawrence Shankland, who swept the awards last season and scored 24 league goals in his two seasons at Tynecastle.
kick off 12:30pm.
— Rangers Football Club (@RangersFC) August 3, 2024
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