Philippe Clement rejects Scott Brown enemy theory as Rangers boss reveals underdog story driving Scottish Cup dream

This week, thirteen years ago, Scott Brown gave birth to “The Broony” on a tumultuous Scottish Cup afternoon at Ibrox, earning him the title of greatest public adversary among Rangers supporters. The former Celtic captain will make his managerial debut tonight at the same location and in the same round of the same competition.

When it comes to coincidences, Brown’s first boss return to enemy land coincides with a rather big stroke of bad luck. However, Philippe Clement is keen that his Rangers players make sure it’s as unlucky as they come if that 13th anniversary is any kind of omen.

It is not the intention to witness the Ayr United gaffer prance around with his arms raised. The Belgian, who has no desire to become entangled in sideshows, believes that any victorious gestures should only be made by those donning light blue.The Ibrox faithful may find it hard not to poke fun at their rival, who remarked this week that he “has a lot of love for Rangers.” However, Clement has more significant goals in mind as he attempts to win the Scottish Cup fifth round and maintain his hopes of winning the Treble.

He said, “I read that he loves Rangers. That can be really good between us also on the sidelines,” when it was suggested that the man in the opposing dug out could spice up the tie.I’ve known him since he was an excellent player. Still, I’m not preoccupied with public foes or anything of the sort. We are focused on our team, the match, playing excellent football, coming out on top, and qualifying. That is the most crucial thing.

“There are four games remaining for each player in this round to win the trophy.” It’s not that far. Because it has nothing to do with us, we must concentrate on that and not everything else going on around us.

As usual, Clement is totally focused. Not that he needed it, but Thursday night’s French Cup disaster for his former club Monaco against FC Rouen, a third-tier team, served as a timely reminder that he and his teammates simply cannot take their opponents in the Championship lightly this evening. The boss of Ibrox is also familiar with the freedom that Ayr will have at Ibrox this evening and with what it’s like to be a giantkiller.

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