{"id":9783,"date":"2022-02-17T12:01:26","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T17:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/02\/17\/rangers-handed-major-boost-ahead-of-borussia-dortmund-showdown\/"},"modified":"2022-02-17T12:01:26","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T17:01:26","slug":"rangers-handed-major-boost-ahead-of-borussia-dortmund-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/02\/17\/rangers-handed-major-boost-ahead-of-borussia-dortmund-showdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers handed major boost ahead of Borussia Dortmund showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Scottish heavyweights Rangers have seen the club\u2019s hopes of causing an upset in their upcoming Europa League showdown with Borussia Dortmund dealt a considerable boost on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The boost in question comes in the form of the latest team news stemming from the Dortmund camp.<\/p>\n<p>As per a host of reliable sources, it is viewed as a near certainty that Erling Haaland is set to play no part at Signal Iduna Park this evening.<\/p>\n<p>Norwegian sensation Haaland returned to first-team training this week on the back of a spell on the sidelines with injury, but is not expected to feature in any capacity versus Rangers.<\/p>\n<p>This comes with those in a position of power at BVB keen to avoid any potential relapse, amid ongoing efforts to hunt down Bayern Munich at the summit of the Bundesliga.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u274c Erling Haaland will not play against Rangers in the Europa League tonight.<\/p>\n<p>[via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sky_Jesco?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Sky_Jesco<\/a>] <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bBNc6jIqoi\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/bBNc6jIqoi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Football Daily (@footballdaily) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/footballdaily\/status\/1494319402979790854?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Etihad bound?<\/h2>\n<p>Interestingly, word of Haaland\u2019s impending absence on Thursday comes fresh on the back of a considerable update on the 21-year-old\u2019s future coming to the fore this week.<\/p>\n<p>Haaland, of course, is widely expected to depart Dortmund this summer, when a cut-price release clause in his contract is set to come into play.<\/p>\n<p>And, as per a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/erling-haaland-man-city-in-pole-position-to-sign-striker-for-68m-after-major-development-sources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Football Insider<\/a>, over the course of the last couple of weeks, one of the continent\u2019s heavyweights have positioned themselves as clear frontrunners to land the prolific young hitman.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1654761\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1654761\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1654761\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1366287495-1024x602.jpg\" alt=\"Rangers handed major boost ahead of Borussia Dortmund showdown\" width=\"1024\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1366287495-1024x602.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1366287495-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1366287495-768x451.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1366287495-1536x903.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1366287495-2048x1204.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1366287495-910x535.jpg 910w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1654761\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SINSHEIM, GERMANY \u2013 JANUARY 22: Erling Haaland in action during the Bundesliga match between TSG Hoffenheim and Borussia Dortmund at PreZero-Arena on January 22, 2022 in Sinsheim, Germany. (Photo by Alexander Scheuber\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The outfit in question? Manchester City.<\/p>\n<p>Citing inside information, FI suggest that Pep Guardiola, a keen admirer of Haaland\u2019s talents, will be backed in any requested pursuit of the Dortmund standout by the Sky Blues hierarchy come the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Not only that, but Haaland\u2019s father, Alf-Inge, who lined out on the blue half of Manchester during his own playing days, is understood to be pushing his son towards a move to the Etihad.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/europa-league-betting-tips\/borussia-dortmund-vs-rangers-betting-tips-europa-league-preview\/\">Borussia Dortmund vs Rangers betting tips: Europa League preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/live-streaming-match-previews\/borussia-dortmund-vs-rangers-live-streaming-watch-europa-league-online\/\">Borussia Dortmund vs Rangers live streaming: Watch UEFA Europa League round of 32 first leg online<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Scottish heavyweights Rangers have seen the club\u2019s hopes of causing an upset in their upcoming Europa League showdown with Borussia Dortmund dealt a considerable boost on Thursday afternoon. The boost in question comes in the form of the latest team news stemming from the Dortmund camp. As per a host of reliable sources, it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-9783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9783\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}