GRAEME SOUNESS has warned Giovanni van Bronckhorst is under "real pressure" at Rangers as he admitted he doesn't know if the players believe in the manager.

The former Ibrox boss is concerned for Van Bronckhorst as he claimed the club as a whole is "under pressure".

For Van Bronckhorst it's all eyes on Champions League duty tomorrow with Rangers heading to take on high-flying Napoli in Italy on Wednesday night.

Rangers are already out of the Champions League and face a difficult task if they are to overcome a three-point gap to take third spot from Ajax.

But Souness accepts Rangers were always going to have a tough time of it in the group stage after the draw paired them which a trio of tough sides.

However, that hasn't eased his concern for the current manager's job.

“Van Bronckhorst is under real pressure. The club is under pressure," Souness told the Daily Record.

"They brilliantly qualified for the Champions League, but they are playing against teams with far larger budgets than them.

"They weren’t expected to be anywhere near the top of that group when they’ve got Liverpool and Napoli – and Napoli are the form team in Europe.

“But the pressure is on. I hate talking about managers being under pressure because I’ve been there myself and know how difficult a time it can be.

"When you are involved with Rangers, you never play any easy games. Every game is a cup final because the team you’re playing against wants to go to war with you.

“Gio knows all this but I’m not seeing the same back from his team.

I played for Rangers and when you do that, you’re playing against two types of people in Scotland: Celtic supporters who don’t like you very much and want to go to war with you or Rangers fans who want to be at the club, so they are trying their socks off.

“I don’t know if the players believe in him. You’d have to ask them that.”

Souness went on to demand that the Rangers squad find their anger in upcoming matches - be that with each other or the opposition.

He added: “I know you can’t go around today knocking people over and going through people, but I want to see more.

"Against Liverpool, I saw a group of players who didn’t really believe. If you’re a Rangers player you have to be up for the cup.

“I witnessed that game live and in the first half they were doing okay but the minute Liverpool scored it was like they were just happy to be on the same pitch as some of the Liverpool players.

"I didn’t see them getting angry with each other. I didn’t see them getting angry with the opposition and you’re not a Rangers player if you’ve got no anger.”