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I am on my way. Destination Seville. And what an occasion it's going to be. Watching Rangers in a European final is something I'll surely remember for the rest of my life.

My son, Nicolai, will be with me. As with so many supporters and former players, this is special to our family. We had to be there, we just had to.

I'm in the very fortunate position of having two tickets for the match. After numerous phone calls, an old contact of mine — not within Rangers — managed to help me out. I'll be flying into Malaga on Wednesday morning and meeting Nicolai. He has been in Portugal recently and was actually supposed to be heading back to Denmark.

I can't wait to get to Seville and watch Rangers take on Eintracht Frankfurt on Wednesday night

I can't wait to get to Seville and watch Rangers take on Eintracht Frankfurt on Wednesday night

But as soon as the final whistle went in that epic semi-final second-leg win over RB Leipzig, my phone started ringing. 'Dad, can you create a wee miracle and get tickets? Let's go to Seville.' I didn't need any persuasion.

We'll drive the two-and-a-half hours from Malaga and then stay in Seville on the night of the match. Hopefully we'll be able to have a beer and celebrate. This Rangers team has every chance of doing it.

As everyone knows, I had four years at Ibrox and left back in 1998. But the club has stayed with me since.

Almost a quarter of a century later, weeks like this one remind you of just how much it means. To me, my family and hundreds of thousands of people. There's a sense of belonging in that.

Nicolai was six years old when I first joined Rangers. He spent important time growing up in Scotland and went back when he was 16 to work for Satty Singh — the restaurant owner who is a great friend of ours and a massive Rangers fan.

Weeks like this remind you of just how much the success of the club means to so many people

Satty also had a golf academy at the time. Nicolai was a very keen and talented golfer so he worked in that business, staying for six months and living with another friend from Denmark. He would go to Rangers games then. And he loved it. He came home with a Scottish accent in place.

Even now, with our family business in gin and rosé wine, Nicolai is back and forth quite a lot. He's a Scottish soul in some respects so, really, this final is a dream come true for him as well as me.

We'll be there in Seville with so many other fans. But I also know that Rangers will have a lot of support back in Denmark and in other countries.

Because, really, their presence in the final is already a victory for the smaller European leagues — proof that excellence can exist outside the big five nations.

Honestly, I got so many text messages from people after they saw Rangers had made it through. They were talking about where the club was ten years ago and where

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