Danny Rohl thinks Rangers have quality to win the league

Danny Rohl believes his Rangers side have the quality to win the William Hill Premiership title this season as they look to go top for the first time in over two years against Dundee United on Saturday.

The Light Blues resume their quest for glory at Ibrox following the international break sitting three points behind leaders Hearts with a better goal difference of two.

Rangers last moved top of the table on February 18, 2024 with a 3-0 win at St Johnstone and stayed there for a month before again succumbing to Celtic.

With seven fixtures remaining, Rohl’s side host the Terrors on Saturday while the Jambos have to wait until Sunday to travel to Livingston, with third-placed Celtic, two points behind their Old Firm rivals, taking on Dundee at Dens Park on the same day.

“I’m happy,” said Rohl. “I feel really good because I see my group at the moment. I also see the development.

“I think we are mentally strong. We took the win away against St Mirren, the pressure was on after two draws (against Livingston and Celtic), but we came back and we made a very good performance.

“A nice performance against Aberdeen, we used the chance and it gives me a lot of belief.

“There is no doubt my group is strong, convinced, and we have the quality to win the league.

“Yeah, in general we are looking forward to this game. We want to take the next ‘cup’ win tomorrow. We said this many times.

“I expect after the international break that it is normal that always in the first game we need a little bit of time, and it’s also the reason why I will trust some players that were here because they trained the last two weeks together.

“It is a good feeling tomorrow but the best feeling should be after the game, and we win the game and we are top.

“We have to work hard. I think we played them twice this season and we couldn’t win against them and this is a new challenge. They did well against Celtic (a 2-0 win), we are prepared for this.

“We know what we face tomorrow and it will be a challenge. They have a small chance to make the top six and both teams want to win and we need a good performance.”

Rohl revealed an unnamed player will miss the United match with an injury which could also keep him out of the Falkirk game the following week.

OF the player, Rohl, who will have Danish winger Andreas Skov Olsen available again after injury, said: “We have some small issues and one bigger issue.

“One player is going to be out tomorrow. I won’t speak today about who it is.

“It is a bit of a shame. It happened during training. Unfortunately not out just one game, it will be a little bit longer.

“Hopefully he comes back before the split but it looks more like it could be during the split.”

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