ALAN STUBBS reckons Mark Warburton has had a ‘very easy’ job in transforming Rangers fortunes this season due to his Ibrox budget.

The Hibernian boss has fanned the flames ahead of a crunch Championship clash between the second tier promotion rivals this weekend as Rangers look to stretch their advantage at the top of the table.

Warburton has overhauled his squad in recent weeks after succeeding Stuart McCall as boss, but failed in a bid to land midfielder Scott Allan after Hibs refused to sell their star player to the Light Blues before he signed for Celtic.

The Gers spent fees on Wigan trio Rob Kiernan, James Tavernier and Martyn Waghorn earlier this summer, while Jason Holt arrived for £65,000 from Hearts.

Rangers started their campaign with a 6-2 win at Easter Road and have seen off St Mirren and Alloa in the Championship so far this term.

But Leith gaffer Stubbs has taken a dig at Warburton ahead of the Ibrox showdown on Sunday.

He said: “It’s very easy when you’ve got money to spend to bring in much better players than what was there at the start.

“Rangers have started the season strongly, they’ve started well.

“When you buy good players, which they’ve obviously brought in, sometimes it does not necessarily take a long a time (to gel).

“Compared to where they are last season to now, it is a transformation of the squad but they’ve spent a lot of money as well.

“Their start to the season has been very strong, there is no denying that and we’ve seen from their second-half performance against us that when things go their way, they can be a dangerous team.

“But for the first 45 minutes, if anyone looks at the game, we showed we can be a dangerous team as well.

“I think the most important thing is that we perform and play to the best of our abilities. If we do that then we know we’re capable of getting a result.”