Replacements high on McLeish list

Dundee - 0 Rangers - 1 No sooner had Alex McLeish completed a historic treble on Saturday than he was warning that Rangers' …

Dundee - 0 Rangers - 1 No sooner had Alex McLeish completed a historic treble on Saturday than he was warning that Rangers' financial situation must not impact on the quality of his playing staff.

A massive debt, reportedly of more than £60 million, will cause the break-up of the squad, the seventh to win the treble for the Ibrox club. But McLeish will ask for guarantees over where future savings might be made. "I will discuss things this week with the chairman John McClelland and we will see where we are going from there," said the manager. "We know we face a Champions League qualifier and for us to get to the next phase we do need to replace the quality that goes.

Lorenzo Amoruso scored the only goal after 66 minutes, heading home a Neil McCann free-kick, before he became a blubbering wreck as first the immensity of Rangers's achievement and then the likelihood of his move, probably to Blackburn Rovers, sank in.

Arthur Numan, likely to return to the Netherlands, was his usual efficient self before limping off after 69 minutes. Later he paraded around Hampden holding a banner thanking fans for the memories.

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DUNDEE: Speroni, Mackay (Milne 78), Khizanishvili, Smith, Hernandez Santos, Rae (Brady 85), Nemsadze, Mair, Burchill (Novo 71), Caballero, Lovell. Subs Not Used: Langfield, Carranza. Booked: Novo.

RANGERS: Klos, Malcolm, Moore, Amoruso, Numan (Muscat 69), Ricksen, Ferguson, de Boer, McCann, Arveladze (Thompson 56), Mols (Ross 45). Subs Not Used: McGregor, McLean. Booked: Arveladze, McCann. Goal: Amoruso 66.

Referee: K Clark (Scotland).