Luring Graeme Souness away from his life of luxury in the picturesque seaside village of Nervi on the Ligurian Riviera in Italy to the somewhat less idyllic surroundings of Govan in Glasgow in 1986 was a major coup for Rangers
Yet, bringing in the Sampdoria and Scotland midfielder, a three-time European Cup winner with Liverpool, as their player-manager proved to be simply the first of many hand grenades which were detonated in Scottish football, in the British game even, by the Ibrox club at that time.
