Rangers stars Euro super spy roles revealed as Cercle Brugge ace gets Kilmarnock lowdown

Hannes van der Bruggen has heeded the Kilmarnock warnings of Rangers duo Cyriel Dessers and Rabbi Matondo, reports Craig Swan from Belgium.

Now the Cercle Brugge star and his boss Miron Muslic are adamant they can fight fire with clinical calm to sink the Ayrshire side. Dessers and Matondo, a former Cercle player, were at Rugby Park for the first leg. Van Der Bruggen got an insight from the Ibrox duo and explained: “It’s a tight game. It won’t be easy, especially not with the style of Kilmarnock.

“After the game, I spoke with Cyriel (Dessers) and Rabbi (Matondo). Cyriel played in Lockeren when I started I played in Ghent. It was a derby. Rabbi was here and had the time of his life. They said it’s never easy playing in Kilmarnock. They are so extreme, so intense in what they do. I wouldn’t say we’re the favourites, but I have the feeling that we have the qualities to progress. There will be a lot of supporters. 9000 if I’m not mistaken. It is also a holiday, so children can come. So many fans is a sign that we are playing for something.”

Muslic has been getting recognised by Killie fans and is keen to repay the hospitality shown by the Scots outside of the game. He explained: “Everything last week was just peaceful, perfect. Here, I met 55, 60 Kilmanock fans. They also enjoy being here.

"We want to give them the best possible Cercle experience off the pitch. Then to be successful on the pitch. It will be a battlefield again, a lot of duels. It’s a bigger pitch, a natural pitch. We can make the game faster. As soon as we were able to play out of pressure, they struggled massively. The game gives you almost everything, the good, bad and ugly. The truth is always on the pitch.”

Cercle lost 3-0 to Westerlo at the