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title: "Rangers: Fans choose Michael Mols’ injury as ‘sliding doors moment’"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Uways Nisar"
section: "SPFL News"
published: "2020-03-18T21:05:52Z"
modified: "2020-03-18T21:05:52Z"
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# Rangers: Fans choose Michael Mols’ injury as ‘sliding doors moment’

**Rangers fans were voicing their opinion on what they thought was a huge ‘sliding doors moment’ and it’s fair to say, there was one which stood out among the many replies.**

Journalist [Jordan Campbell](https://twitter.com/JordanC1107/status/1240243690024718337) posed the question and according to some, the injury suffered by Michael Mols was a moment which ‘could have changed the course of football history’. The Dutch striker suffered a horrible knee issue after clashing with [Bayern Munich ‘keeper Oliver Kahn](https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/champions_league/503945.stm) during a Champions League game back in 1999. The striker had [scored 13 times in his opening 20 games](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40830521) for the club before the unfortunate incident, highlighting why the fans picked him.

Overall, he scored 48 goals in 147 appearances across all competitions as he [failed to fully recover](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40830521) from the setback [(via Soccerbase)](https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=17001). That said, he was still at the club throughout a hugely successful time and went on to win many trophies, including the domestic treble following the [2002/2003 campaign](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40830521). Supporters were adamant his injury was a ‘sliding doors moment’ as they took to Twitter to react on what one called a ‘huge’ setback. Here are some tweets:

> The Mols injury – he was on fire up until that point – looked a real world beater. The Durrant injury was also a bit of a watershed – didn’t come back as the same player
>
> — David (@TweetzDavid) [March 18, 2020](https://twitter.com/TweetzDavid/status/1240256407049367552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Mols injury😩
>
> — Dougie Mc (@DougieMcclymont) [March 18, 2020](https://twitter.com/DougieMcclymont/status/1240244163548983298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Mols injury was huge, he was the type of player that got you really excited to watch your team.
>
> — Chris Scott (@christtocs) [March 18, 2020](https://twitter.com/christtocs/status/1240249017734443009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Michael Mols getting injured against Bayern. Honestly think we would have went to the late stages with him fully fit. He was unreal.
>
> — MonTheTeddyBears! (@StaunchForever) [March 18, 2020](https://twitter.com/StaunchForever/status/1240254122441486339?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> 😔😞😔 [pic.twitter.com/RRUYVBV19m](https://t.co/RRUYVBV19m)
>
> — David (@Mackay87David) [March 18, 2020](https://twitter.com/Mackay87David/status/1240256413173252096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Mols vs Bayern
>
> — Iain Linklater (@IainLinklater84) [March 18, 2020](https://twitter.com/IainLinklater84/status/1240244213389971456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

***Rangers fans, was Mols’ injury the ‘sliding doors moment’ for you? Join the discussion below!***