Ronald de Boer remembers Paul Gascoigne adding a splash of technicolour to Scottish football.
But the Dutchman reckons it was the red flashed at the Ibrox legend on Rangers’ last trip to Amsterdam that paved the way for a crushing Ajax win. De Boer spent four years in Glasgow but was still one of the biggest stars in Louis van Gaal’s Champions League-winning Ajax side when the Light Blues last visited the Netherland’s capital back in 1996.
Rangers would finish the season on a high as they completed their quest for nine titles in a row but that night proved to be a disaster for Walter Smith’s men, with Gazza sent-off for an off-the-ball clash with Winston Bogarde as the Scots were hammered 4-1 .And de Boer remembers the wheels really coming off for Rangers once Gascoigne got his marching orders. Looking back, the ex-Gers hero said: “Paul Gascoigne played for Rangers at the time. He was considered one of the greatest players England ever produced. A legendary player.
