Barry Ferguson has addressed Rangers' starting XI leak.
The club legend, who took interim charge at Ibrox towards the end of last season, says 'half of Scotland' knew Russell Martin's Viktoria Plzen lineup way before kick-off on Tuesday.
Ferguson himself even got a text with the team, and it turned out to be correct.
He said [RecordSport]: "Quite early on Tuesday, like probably half of Scotland did! The leaked team news. I’m sure that’s something we’ll go into.
"It’s disappointing. You hear rumours, you know what it’s like. But the team selection that was flying about with all my mates - and obviously I then get the messages through - was spot on.
"It’s baffling why or how these things get out. It’s not just Rangers by the way. I speak to other managers and other supporters of other clubs and it’s the same thing.
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"But that’s the disappointing thing. I don’t know how it gets out or why it gets out.
"I honestly don’t understand why somebody would feel the need to leak something before a massive game."
Ferguson himself had his first Rangers lineup leaked.
The 47-year-old found that his team had been doing the rounds online on the way to facing Kilmarnock away from home in the Scottish Premiership.
"It was disappointing," he said. "Obviously, I got a message from a few of my mates, again, saying, ‘Is this your team?’. I never replied to them, obviously. But it was spot on.
"Again, I was just baffled and disappointed as to why these things tend to get out.
"I was going different that game. It was my first game in charge and I wanted to mix it up a wee bit.
"I went with two up top - I went with Hamza and Cyriel - because previously Rangers were predominantly a 4-3-3 team, or mostly under Philippe Clement.
"So yes, it was disappointing but you can’t let things like that affect you. You need to park it and just get on with it.
"Thankfully, we got the result that night, and thankfully, on Tuesday night, Rangers steamrollered the Czechs."
