Rangers fans sent fresh warning as 80,000 descend on Seville for Europa League final

An estimated 80,000 Rangers supporters will descend on Seville for Wednesday evening's Europa League final against Eintracht Frankfurt despite only 10,000 tickets being made available to the club by UEFA. And that has led to warnings from former star player Graeme Souness amid fears from security officials there could be widespread disorder occurring in the south of Spain.

Frankfurt supporters will also travel in huge numbers and they have caused problems in their past three rounds in the competition - including attacking West Ham fans during the round of 16 when both sides were playing 24 hours apart in Seville; thousands ending up in home seats for the win against Barcelona at Camp Nou; and further attacks on West Ham fans who were drinking in an Irish bar before the semi-final.

Local authorities in Seville last week announced that they would segregate both fanbases but that did not go down well with some Rangers fans because the German fans have been given a square near the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium while those travelling from Scotland without tickets are being asked to watch on a big screen at Estadio La Cartuja, which is a 75 minute walk away.

Souness has pleaded with travelling fans to “behave yourselves” to the extent that he used the phrase four times in a 19-second clip posted on the club’s official Twitter account. The 69-year-old said that any misbehaving would lead to “trashy headlines” that would damage the club for a “long, long time.”

“Hi guys, this is a message for everyone going to Seville,” Souness said. “Go there, have a super time, support your team. Our team has done incredibly well in getting there, when you think the journey we've been on for the last 10 years to be now playing in a