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title: "Glasgow Rangers: Fans praise Giovanni van Bronckhorst"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/van-bronckhorst-gers-ibrox-arsenal/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "jonathan radcliffe"
section: "SPFL News"
published: "2020-05-07T12:50:11Z"
modified: "2020-05-07T12:50:11Z"
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# Glasgow Rangers: Fans praise Giovanni van Bronckhorst

**Giovanni van Bronckhorst has played for the likes of Barcelona and Arsenal, but before all of that, he was playing for Glasgow Rangers in the Scottish Premiership.**

It was in 1998 when he made the move to Ibrox from Dutch outfit Feyenoord, with the Gers paying [£6.75m](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/giovanni-van-bronckhorst/profil/spieler/3191) for his services. In three years, he would end up making [over 100](https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=12672) appearances for the club, helping them win the league title on two occasions in the process.

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He was a marvelous player who went on to play in a World Cup final with the Netherlands – it was always going to be difficult to hold on to him. As such, in 2001, the Gunners paid [£8.5m](https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/1389615.stm) to take him to Highbury.

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As he showed against Uruguay in the 2010 World Cup semi-final, he knows how to hit the back of the net. He also displayed that ability for the Gers, netting a long-range effort against Monaco during his time at the club. A [video](https://twitter.com/thisisibrox/status/1258087901457457157) of that strike has been doing the rounds on Twitter, and it has led to the club’s supporters reminiscing about the 45-year-old – one fan called him a “Rolls Royce of a player”.

They have taken to the social media platform to do so, and you can see some of the best comments below.

> What a player 💙
>
> — Stephen Purdon (@stephen\_purdon) [May 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/stephen_purdon/status/1258088767728074752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Loved Gio he was class 👍🏻🇳🇱
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> — True Blues Loyal®️™️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@TrueBluesLoyal) [May 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/TrueBluesLoyal/status/1258090177316167680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> No one was surprised when he went right to the top, absolute class.
>
> — BMac (@Yon\_tweeter) [May 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/Yon_tweeter/status/1258108244494553089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Rolls Royce of a player!
>
> — Alex mcgraw (@aldomcgraw) [May 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/aldomcgraw/status/1258183666758492162?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> What a player he was 👍
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> — Jim Sloss (@jimmers71) [May 7, 2020](https://twitter.com/jimmers71/status/1258211713071099907?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Outstanding player. Always remember Tugay with the cigars out as sweeper in that game.
>
> — Lairdy17🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@klaird17) [May 7, 2020](https://twitter.com/klaird17/status/1258272598862921730?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

***Let us know what you think!***