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Ewan Paton

Rangers FC news round-up: Team fly out to Seville, 20K expected in stadium & Bell funeral arrangements

Rangers FC news round-up: Team fly out to Seville, 20K expected in stadium & Bell funeral arrangements

RANGERS are potentially on the verge of the biggest moment in their history this week.

The Europa League final against Eintracht Frankfurt is just over 48-hours away. 

Here are the top stories from Monday, May 16...

Rangers team fly out to Seville

RANGERS are on their way to Seville ahead of the Europa League final.

Giovanni van Bronckhorst and his players jetted out from Glasgow Airport this morning and are set to arrive in the early evening.

The Ibrox outfit will check into their hotel and have a leisurely evening before a training session and media day tomorrow.

Huge amount of fans expected inside stadium for the final

A TOTAL of around 18,000 Rangers fans are expected to be inside the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium for the Europa League final against Frankfurt on Wednesday evening.

Tens of thousands of Ibrox supporters have travelled to Seville for the blockbuster final of the tournament, despite the club only receiving an official allocation of 9,500.

It is understood though that Rangers fans have snapped up a number of sponsorship tickets and Uefa tickets that were issued via a ballot ahead of the semi-finals.

Funeral arrangements for Bell announced

RANGERS have announced the funeral details for their legendary kit man Jimmy Bell.

The death of the popular and long-serving Bell at the age of 69 was announced by the Ibrox club at the beginning of this month.

Bell, a boyhood Rangers fan, worked with the Ibrox club for more than 30 years. A former employee of private coach hire organisation Park’s of Hamilton, he initially drove the Rangers team buses to matches across the country, before moving on to his role as first-team head of kit.

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