Rangers boss Russell Martin makes huge calls on Igamane and Dessers as Champions League squad revealed

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RANGERS have officially submitted their squad list for their first Champions League qualifier against Panathinaikos.

Russell Martin‘s men will take on the Greek giants next week and the deadline for the final roster was at 11pm last night.

The Ibrox side revealed the 25-man list this afternoon, with Martin making some huge calls with relation to players that have been the subject of transfer speculation.

Both Cyriel Dessers and Hamza Igamane HAVE been included, despite being linked with moves away.

But Ben Davies, Ridvan Yilmaz and Robin Propper have all been left OUT.

Rabbi Matondo is also absent but he is currently nursing an injury.

Other than that, there are no real surprises in the squad.

New £3.5million man Thelo Aasgaard has been included despite the fact injury may prevent him from featuring in the first leg.

Most recent arrival Djeidi Gassama is also among those named to the squad so he could feature against the Greeks.

Earlier in the summer, Dessers looked all but certain to be on his way to Greece himself in a transfer to AEK Athens for around £5m.

But a combination of AEK not wanting to meet that price tag and the potential exit of Igamane taking precedent, that deal has stalled.

Lille are keen on Igamane but don’t seem willing to cough up the minimum £15m that Gers want for their breakout star last season.

And overnight, midfielder Nicolas Raskin emerged as a transfer target for Real Betis.

The Light Blues can still make a maximum of two changes to that list to account for injuries, new signings or departures up to 24 hours before the first game.