Former Rangers striker Michael Mols has revealed he was so hurt by being binned by his old club Utrecht before his brain tumour operation, he will never set foot in the stadium again.
The Dutch striker successfully underwent surgery earlier this year to remove a two-inch brain tumour.
Mols, 52, insists the scars have healed from the major operation and is even back in the gym and intends to resume his kick boxing sessions.
But he can't forgive the club where he made his name, FC Utrecht, after they sacked him as a strikers' coach earlier this season, despite him scoring 50 goals in 109 appearances in two spells for the club.
Mols said: "I will never ever go back to the Galgenwaard Stadium. I am far too proud for that.
"They never actually told me why they were sacking me.
"Normally, as a club, they indicate what you need to do differently or improve.
"All they said was that I should be doing more with computers.
"I assume that the management want the best for the club, we all want that, so for me it's fine.
"But personally, I would never treat former players like that.
"I will never go back even to the area. That door is closed and it will remain closed. I have also let the club know that."
Utrecht refused to respond to Mols' comments.
Mols, who helped Rangers to the treble in 2003, admitted he was a lucky man to come through his major operation unscathed.
He said: "I am now much more aware of what could have been. I have to be grateful that I came out of it so well. I saw a video of a woman who could barely walk after brain tumour surgery.
"I was also told that that could happen. Or that I would no longer be able to tell the story. But I was like 'bring it on'!
"It didn't dawn on me at the time, but it did on my wife and my brother. They were very emotional.
"Fortunately everything went well. Last month, I received a call from the doctor that they were able to get everything out of it and that no follow-up treatments were necessary."
