IT did not take long for Chris O’Loughlin’s relations in Scotland to contact him after Royale Union Saint-Gilloise had been drawn to play Rangers in the third qualifying round of the Champions League last month.
“My mother originally comes from Edinburgh and she has family in Elgin,” said O’Loughlin, the far-travelled Irishman who has been the sporting director at the Belgian club for the past three years. “But I have cousins in Bearsden in Glasgow as well. They are Celtic supporters and have been in touch.”
