Frank Haise knows 'average' Rangers could give him another headache as Nice boss opens up on health scare

Frank Haise insists he’s back on the mend after being rushed to hospital with severe headaches at the weekend, reports Andy Newport from the south-east of France.

But the Nice boss fears Rangers could end up being a right pain in the neck for his Europa League strugglers. The stressed-out Les Aiglons coach was struck down by a painful migraine as his side clung on for a 2-1 victory over Ligue 1 rivals Strasbourg on Sunday. It was his side’s eighth straight domestic match without defeat.

But while Haise’s side are flying high in France in fifth place, they’re toiled in UEFA action having taken just two points from their first four games. The opposite is true for Gers, with the only positive for Philippe Clement’s team amid their on-going Premiership struggles is an impressive set of Europa League results which means they can all but secure a place in the knock-out rounds with victory on the Riviera.

But with four games remaining, Haise knows another slip-up for the hosts will likely leave him with another sore head. He said: “As you can see I feel better. I have been doing some exams on Sunday and even yesterday.

“We could see that everything was okay and that my blood pressure was OK. It is true I had some issues on Sunday and that’s why I went to the emergency services. But I got treatment and I am OK. Maybe if we had scored the third goal against Strasbourg then I wouldn't have had this intense headache. But what I experienced on Sunday I never experienced in the past and I have been doing this for 21 years.

“It helped me realise I had a problem to solve. Every coach hates defeat, every coach has a way of showing it. Like any passionate job you find it hard to keep it all inside, sometimes it hurts your head..

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