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Rangers and Lech Poznan squad cost comparison as financial gulf between Europa League rivals revealed

Rangers can draw from a squad worth over £25m more than that of Europa League rivals Lech Poznan - at least according to the transfer fees paid.

The two sides meet at Ibrox on Thursday, with Steven Gerrard's men having won their opening group stage match 2-0 against Standard Liege while Lech found themselves on the wrong end of a 4-2 scoreline against Benfica.

Nine of Gerrard's squad came to Ibrox on a free transfer, while a fee was paid for only four of Dariusz Żuraw's men.

Seven of the Ekstraklasa side's players came up through their youth system, while five are at the club on loan and five were free transfers. None of their squad have broken the £1m mark, with Portuguese midfielder Pedro Tiba the most expensive acquisition at £900k.

Rangers, by contrast, boast eight players whose fee ran into seven figures, with the most expensive being Ryan Kent at £6.48m and Kemar Roofe at £4.5m.

(Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

In all, the gulf in squad worth stands at £25.1m based on transfer fees.

Here's how the numbers break down.

Rangers

Allan McGregor - free (Hull City, 2018)

Jon McLaughlin - free (Sunderland, 2020)

James Tavernier - £225k (Wigan Athletic, 2015)

Calvin Bassey - free (Leicester City, 2020)

Filip Helander - £3.51m (Bologna, 2019)

Connor Goldson - £3.06m (Brighton & Hove Albion, 2018)

Leon Balogun - free (Wigan Athletic, 2020)

Borna Barišić - £2.2m (NK Osijek, 2018)

Ianis Hagi - £3.15m (Genk, 2020)

Ryan Jack - free (Aberdeen, 2017)

Steven Davis - free (Southampton, 2019)

Ryan Kent - £6.48m (Liverpool, 2019)

Bongani Zungu - loan (Amiens, 2020)

Joe Aribo - free (Charlton, 2019)

Glen Kamara - £50k (Dundee, 2019)

Greg Stewart - free (Birmingham City, 2019)

Scott Arfield - free (Burnley, 2018)

Cedric Itten - £2.7m (St Gallen, 2020)

Alfredo Morelos - £1.08m (HJK Helsinki, 2017)

Brandon Barker - £300k (Manchester City, 2019)

Kemar Roofe - £4.5m (Anderlecht, 2020)

Total: £27,255,000

Lech Poznan

Filip Bednarek - free (Heerenveen, 2020)

Marko Malenica - loan (NK Osijek, 2020)

Alan Czerwiński - free (Zaglebie Lubin, 2020)

Tomasz Dejewski - free (Warta Poznan, 2019)

Đorđe Crnomarković - £450k (Radnicki Nis, 2019)

Tymoteusz Puchacz - youth product

Thomas Rogne - free (IFK Göteborg, 2018)

Vasyl Kravets - loan (CD Leganés, 2020)

Jakub Niewiadomski - youth product

Michał Skóraś - youth product

Pedro Tiba - £900k (Braga, 2018)

Jakub Moder - loan (Brighton & Hove Albion, 2020)

Jakub Kamiński - youth product

Karlo Muhar - £360k (Inter Zapresic, 2019)

Filip Marchwiński - youth product

Tymoteusz Klupś - youth product

Dani Ramírez - £450k (LKS Lodz, 2020)

Mikael Ishak - free (FC Nuremberg, 2020)

Nika Kacharava - loan (Anorthosis Famagusta, 2020)

Filip Szymczak - youth product

Muhammad Awad - loan (Maccabi Haifa, 2020)

Total: £2,160,000

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