Philippe Clement insists he isn’t concerned by Rangers’ pre-season defensive issues after seeing his side ship ten goals in four fixtures this summer.

Rangers finalised their preparations for the new campaign with a 4-4 draw against Union Berlin on Saturday. Tom Lawrence and Cyriel Dessers both netted braces in an encouraging attacking performance but there were major concerns at the other end of the park as the Bundesliga outfit caused Clement’s side problems throughout a rollercoaster 90 minutes.

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Rangers conceded two goals in each of their matches with Ajax, Manchester United and Birmingham City before the trip to Germany. But Clement doesn’t hold any fears heading into the Premiership curtain-raiser with Hearts and a defining few weeks at home and abroad.

Clement said: “It was a pity also to get a penalty against when we were dominating the game from the start, it is positive already that everybody has the mentality again to not stay in that moment and disappointment but to react as they did. There were a lot of good offensive actions with those who were here last season and the new guys who are starting to understand the story better and better.

"Defensively, [there are] things to work on. We [conceded] two similar goals and spoke about that at half-time. That is normal with new players, they need to learn things and it’s by mistakes, that is part of the journey.

“No, of course I want fewer goals against but for example, against Man United we had three shots on goal and they made two goals. It is not like Jack [Butland] played a bad game. So, you need to look a little through the stats also because against Man United we played a good defensive game and today in a lot of moments we played a good defensive game.

"But we made a few mistakes that in the future will not happen anymore because we learn out of that. That is the story with new players and a new squad, you need to build out of something so mistakes come along the way and you need to learn and work on it. That is in every team in the world.”