Graeme Souness admits he could have become Rangers' director of football - and it's an opportunity he should have taken.
The Ibrox favourite is now in the punditry game and has been out of management since leaving Newcastle in 2006. It was at Rangers though he started to learn his touchline trade after ending his playing career in Govan, managing for five years before leaving in 1991 and passing on to the late Walter Smith.
By the time that fifth year had come around though, it began to take its toll, and he took the chance of becoming Liverpool boss. In hindsight though, speaking to Sky Sports, the 69-year-old reckons a DOF opportunity on offer from David Murray is one that should have been grasped. Souness explained: "Those early years at Rangers were super times for me, my favourite memories in management, but by my fifth season it was becoming too much.