The Light Blues have five final games of this season on the park as takeover talk off it ramps up the gears

Rangers are set for major changes off the park as takeover talk ramped up a gear this midweek.

And on it, Barry Ferguson could be forced into sweeping changes with four big names missing and doubts surrounding a few others.

The Ibrox faithful are keeping more than a close eye on developments with the 49ers as they start dreaming of what is to come.

But for the moment, it is all about the here and now, and while there may not be too much on offer to play for from the outside looking in, interim boss Ferguson has other ideas as he targets five wins and has officially thrown his hat in the ring to be boss.

The league split kicks off with the challenge of St Mirren in Paisley. The Buddies have beaten the Light Blues in their last two meetings and while the talk across the city at Celtic is about a domestic Treble, Stephen Robinson can get his own over Rangers.

The men from Govan make the short trip to Paisley without Ridvan Yilmaz - who is now out for the rest of the reason. He is joined on the sidelines by Dujon Sterling, Leon Balogun and Tom Lawrence.

One or two others only took part in minimal areas of training and will go under further checks but while the taste of change is in the air, Ferguson can stick to that mantra when he looks to get back to winning ways in his first outing since Europa League elimination.

Predicted Rangers XI to face St Mirren

Rangers squad in full

Goalkeepers

• Jack Butland
• Liam Kelly

Defenders

• James Tavernier
• John Souttar
• Clinton Nsiala
• Jefte
• Robin Propper
• Alexander Hutton
• Rafael Fernandes

Midfielders

• Mohamed Diomande
• Connor Barron
• Bailey Rice
• Findlay Curtis
• Ianis Hagi
• Vaclav Cerny
• Nedim Bajrami
• Aiden McCallion

Forwards

• Cyriel Dessers
• Hamza Igamane
• Danilo