RANGERS players, management and board members have gathered at Ibrox today to lay wreaths in memory of 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 on Tuesday.
The news came as the Light Blues were preparing for their semi-final second leg at Ibrox, where they will bid to overturn a 1-0 deficit from the first meeting in Germany.
Captain James Tavernier and manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst both laid wreaths at the John Greig statue.
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Speaking ahead of tonight's Europa League semi-final second leg against RB Leipzig, Van Bronckhorst said: “Yesterday wasn’t about keeping the spirits high, we were all shocked by the news that Jimmy passed away, it was a hard day for all of us.
“I think everyone was really down as you could imagine, so yesterday we didn’t do a lot.
“We were at the training ground, but the atmosphere was very down and still in shock.
“I don’t think we had the feeling that we had to keep our spirits high.
“We talked about him, we shared the personal stories we had with Jimmy and today we look ahead to Leipzig tomorrow.
“It was a really big game already, but we are all very determined to go out tomorrow to give everything we can to make everyone proud, especially make Jimmy proud.
“We still mourn, we are still down, but the character of my players are the best I have seen in any teams I have coached and I am sure tomorrow that the character, the determination will be there and we will do everything to reach the final.
“Today we are back and we are going to try as prepare as well as possible for tomorrow. I think we will be ready.”
