INTER MILAN are set to train at Rangers' Murray Park base ahead of this week's important Europa League clash at Celtic.

Roberto Mancini's side face the Hoops in the Last 32 tie at Parkhead on Thursday. And they have asked for Rangers' help in preparing for the tie.

The former Manchester City boss usually holds a light training session on the morning of games to work on Inter's set-pieces.

And his Serie A side have requested Rangers to loan them the use of Celtic's Old Firm rivals' Auchenhowie training base to prepare for the tie.

After they warmed up for their visit to Scotland with an impressive 4-1 win at Atalanta, Mancini confirmed: "Yes, training at Rangers is an option. We will decide on Thursday morning."

Rangers have previous for welcoming Celtic's European opponents to prepare for games.

In 2013, they let Juventus train at Murray Park before they romped to a 3-0 Champions League success at Parkhead. That infuriated current Celtic ace Kris Commons, who stated: "If they want to prepare at a Division Three training ground let them get on with it."

Meanwhile, Mancini was delighted with his side as they recorded their first consecutive wins since October with a comfortable triumph at Atalanta. Admittedly, they were aided by some beneficial refereeing decisions including a penalty inside the opening minute and a questionable Atalanta sending off for dissent.

But Inter - who had not won at Atalanta for seven years before yesterday - still gave Celtic plenty to ponder, with Colombian playmaker Fredy Guarin in particular their main man - he scored a double and had a hand in all four Inter goals.

Inter suffered a pre-match blow when in-form striker Mauro Icardi missed out with a stomach bug, but Mancini confirmed he will be fit for Thursday. He was replaced by Rodrigo Palacio, who netted the fourth goal.

Guarin was in sublime form yesterday in Bergamo. His two goals were delicious curling efforts from long range and he was involved in everything, along with the excellent Gary Medel and former Bayern Munich midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri, who scored from the penalty spot after Inter were gifted a penalty inside the opening minute.

But relegation-threatened Atalanta were the better side at their dilapidated Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia until a few minutes into the second half when their defender Yohan Benalouane talked himself into a second yellow card.