Ian Durrant reveals Rangers trait the stars of 2008 and 2022 share as Ibrox icon picks a winner of mouthwatering Euro match up

Ian Durrant says Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s Seville-bound stars against the Manchester class of 2008 would be the ultimate clash of Rangers styles.

The Ibrox icon would love to see the current crop of entertainers try to find a way past Walter Smith ’s dour defence.

Rangers have shown there’s more than one way to reach a Euro final – 14 years apart. And there couldn’t be a bigger contrast in approach.

Durrant was on the coaching staff when a Rangers team stirred anti-football sentiment on the journey to face Zenit St Petersburg.

They scored five times in nine matches in the knockout phase which included that 2-0 loss to the Russians.

Durrant has loved watching the rollercoaster ride to next Wednesday’s showpiece as a fan.

Rangers are the competition’s top scorers on 22, even after drawing a blank in their first two group games and fearing an early exit.

Since the turn of the year Van Bronckhorst ’s men have slammed six goals past Borussia Dortmund, netted four against Red Star and three in each thriller at home to Braga and Leipzig.

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Durrant said: “In 2008 we parked all the buses we had. At times you thought the way the teams were attacking against us, if they got one goal then the