Rangers’ Philippe Clement wants Euro help for Scottish clubs

Clement thought the Ukrainian league had acted to help Dynamo “be fresh” for Rangers’ visit.

“So you see that the league there are pushing hard for their European teams to help them get good results because it is good for the country,” the Belgian said. “It is something to think about for other countries.”

Having rated his own side’s start to the game at Tynecastle “not good enough”, Clement stressed he would need to use his full squad as they balance domestic and European fixtures.

“We have a lot of games to come – I hope nine in this next four weeks,” he said. “So we need the rotation in that way. We cannot do it with the same XI.”

Latest centre-half signing Robin Propper was not involved in Edinburgh having only joined from Twente on Friday, while Vaclav Cerny, the on-loan Wolfsburg winger, was only given half an hour as a substitute.

“If you see the first minutes of Cerny today, he brings stability on the ball and that we lose the ball less fast with the quality there,” Clement said.

“But it’s just his first minutes with the squad. He trained three times now, so we can’t expect miracles.”

Meanwhile, Clement is hopeful Oscar Cortes’ injury “is not too serious” after the on-loan Lens winger was forced off four minutes after half-time.

“He fell down in a bad way with his knee, but he said at half-time that he was OK,” the manager said. “With his first sprint, he felt too much and we had to make a change.”