Scott Arfield has had to endure attempts by John Hughes and Sean Dyche to break his spirits with their pre-season torture regimes. But he reckons Gio van Bronckhorst’s football-first policy will ensure Rangers are built to last this season.
The former Falkirk, Huddersfield and Burnley midfielder is gearing up for his 17th pre-season as a professional but admits the sessions put on by his Dutch coach don’t quite sting like the thigh-burners he faced at his previous clubs. The 33-year-old - who penned a new one year deal over the summer - said: “I was 17 when I did my first one. This is now my 17th pre-season.
“My first one was under Yogi. I was a young kid and he brought all the Under-19s up to the first team to do the running. I was just a young naive boy, running about like a rabbit with all the first-team boys telling me to calm down. I took pride in that, knowing I was fit.
