I don’t think for a minute there will be any sort of inferiority complex when the duo lock horns in Istanbul
And when Barry Ferguson was put in interim charge of Rangers last week, you could hear the cackling from the other side of Glasgow. Jose Mourinho v Ned Lasso. Everyone’s seen all the online quips. When their team is 16 points clear in the title race and odds-on for a Treble, Celtic fans are entitled to have a chuckle at their rivals’ expense. And yesterday’s 2-1 Ibrox loss won’t stop the laughter from Parkhead punters.
And no matter how this temporary stint at Ibrox goes, you can’t help but admire that. Mourinho certainly will. Rangers fans must hope his players do too, in order for him to get a tune out of them. Yesterday’s miserable 2-1 loss to Motherwell in Barry’s Ibrox dugout debut wasn’t ideal preparation for Thursday night but in his maiden victory at Rugby Park in midweek, a few things were noticeable.
The pigeon chest is puffed out again. His head is always up, just as it was on the pitch when he used to scan his midfield looking to spray a pass. The thing about Ferguson the player was that he didn’t care who he was up against. That was one of the reasons Dick Advocaat didn’t just make him a mainstay of the Rangers team – he also made him captain.
Against Bayern Munich, it was Lothar Matthaus and Stefan Effenberg. Mark van Bommel and Ruud van Nistelrooy at PSV, Andy Moller and Lars Ricken for Borussia Dortmund. Ironically, it feels like the Fenerbahce last-16 Europa League tie will be the LEAST important for Ferguson in terms of him potentially having a role at Ibrox beyond the summer. The two legs in Istanbul and Glasgow are the only games that have tangible meaning when it comes to competition.
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