Michael Mols could hardly get a word out of Gio van Bronckhorst during his days as the quiet man of the Ibrox dressing room.
But he reckons a victory for his old teammate over compatriot Ruud van Nistelrooy’s PSV team next week would be a major statement of Rangers’ Champions League intent. Mols admits he never saw his old softly-spoken Gers pal making the move into management, but then he could also never have envisioned old international team-mate van Nistelrooy opting for a career in coaching either.
Yet come Tuesday, both men will be on the touchline hoping to orchestrate the European destinies of their respective outfits. The two clubs have been set on a collision course that will determine which of them goes on to bank a £40million UEFA windfall. It’s a battle they’ve engaged in before on the field having both starred in the 1999 group-stage double header that ended with Dick Advocaat’s star-studded Gers squad triumphing both in Eindhoven and Glasgow.
