Rangers have confirmed their Europa League squad for the 2024/25 competition. 

And there are two big names left out of the 21-man squad selected by boss Philippe Clement.

Clubs can submit squads of up to 25 players for UEFA club competitions, providing that eight are club and country-trained.

Liam Kelly, Kevin Budinauckas, Connor Barron and John Souttar are the only four who fall under that category for Rangers, and they can't name four players over the age of 21 for this.

So, in a shock move, this means that £6m striker Danilo and winger Rabbi Matondo have had to miss out. 

The latter picked up a hamstring injury in the 3-0 defeat at Celtic Park at the weekend, while the former has struggled to get back into the side because of Cyriel Dessers' form since his return to fitness following long-term injury. 

It has since emerged that he's undergone a second operation on his knee, and will be out for around a month.

They'll be limited to games in the Scottish Premiership and other domestic games only this season following their omission from the Europa League squad.

Ianis Hagi is also not included, albeit that's no surprise given the Romanian has been frozen out at Ibrox.

Leon King, Bailey Rice and Alex Lowry are all on the B-team list.

Rangers Europa League squad in full: 

Goalkeepers: Jack Butland, Liam Kelly, Lewis Budinauckas.

Defenders: James Tavernier, Rıdvan Yılmaz, Robin Pröpper, John Souttar, Dujon Sterling, Jefté, Neraysho Kasanwirjo, Leon Balogun.

Midfielders: Óscar Cortés, Connor Barron, Mohamed Diomande, Nedim Bajrami, Kieran Dowell, Nicolas Raskin.

Forwards: Cyriel Dessers, Tom Lawrence, Vaclav Cerny, Hamza Igamane.

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Meanwhile, Vaclav Cerny has admitted they were 'outclassed' by Celtic in the Old Firm derby.

The on loan Wolfsburg winger was a starter for Philippe Clement's side on Sunday, but made little impact in the match as the Hoops cruised to a 3-0 win.

Cerny is currently preparing for his nation's Nations League games with the Czech Republic facing Georgie and Ukraine in their group.

And he admitted he was taken aback by the passion of his first Old Firm encounter and had no complaints about the outcome.