Kirk Broadfoot in Rangers Europa defence as he claims achievement won't sink in Seville until next season

Dejection, despair and disappointment.

The Rangers players will have been racked with all of those emotions after leaving Seville on Thursday morning.

And Kirk Broadfoot knows the feeling.

Because he suffered the same brutal low after the Ibrox club lost the 2008 UEFA Cup Final in Manchester.

This time it was the Europa League, where Gio van Bronckhorst’s side came up short against Eintracht Frankfurt, losing on penalties after a 1-1 draw.

It was a traumatic loss for Rangers and their supporters, who could almost touch the trophy after Joe Aribo’s opening goal.

Broadfoot believes they might never have a better chance of creating history.

And he says it could be the end of NEXT season by the time van Bronckhorst’s players realise the magnitude of what they were involved in.

The former Gers defender hopes they can recover from their Europa heartache over the summer before having a serious crack at getting into the Champions League.

As he reflected on the loss in Seville, Broadfoot said: “There will obviously be a feeling of real disappointment.

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"They got so close to winning a European trophy.

“It’s a hard one to take - there’s no getting away from it.

“It’ll be agonising for the players because