Scott Calderwood reckons you could hardly get a cigarette paper between Rangers and PSV Eindhoven in terms of quality.
Which is why the son of former Dunfermline, Aberdeen, Kilmarnock and Ross County boss Jimmy believes the Champions League play-off will be decided by what lies between the ears of the players as much as what they can do with the ball at their feet. The 44-year-old followed in his dad’s footsteps by managing in Holland – where Jimmy coached Willem II and NEC Nijmegen before his successful career in Scotland – and is currently the boss of Dutch third-tier side VV DOVO.
The Rotterdam-based outfit are one of the country’s biggest semi- pro clubs and managing them has given Scott the chance to see at first hand what makes top sides such as Ajax, Feyenoord and PSV tick. And he admits there is plenty to like about the team being fashioned by Ruud van Nistelrooy in Eindhoven.
