Jens Petter Hauge has been watching Rangers since Steven Gerrard put them again on the European map.
The Norwegian worldwide seemed on admiringly as the previous Liverpool star step by step rebuilt the Gentle Blues and turned them into one thing of a power once more.
Giovanni van Bronckhorst has now changed Gerrard and brought the Ibrox giants to new heights – which might climax with victory in Wednesday’s Europa League Ultimate.
However Hauge and his Eintracht Frankfurt teammates stand between Rangers and European glory – with the Germans decided to spoil the celebration.
Hauge admitted: “I've watched Rangers rather a lot. They did nicely when Steven Gerrard took over. They've a robust workforce.
"The derby with Celtic is at all times enjoyable to look at. Soccer is a pleasure to look at and if you see groups like that it's nice. Gerrard was constructing an excellent workforce and I identical to to look at good soccer and prime groups.
"He had been increase this workforce (earlier than he left for Aston Villa) and I'm not shocked they've reached the Ultimate.
“They've performed very well in Europe and final season they received the Scottish league. They're a robust workforce with quite a lot of qualities however we will probably be ready for them.”
Rangers have already taken the Bundesliga scalps of Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig.
Hauge has insisted they are going to get complete respect from the Eintracht Frankfurt camp. When requested if German soccer followers have been shocked by these upsets, he answered: “I feel so. As we all know from the Bundesliga, with Dortmund and Leipzig they're tremendous groups and so robust.
“They're groups with quite a lot of high quality gamers however Rangers used the strengths they must beat them. We all know we might want to carry out nicely and we will probably be prepared.”
It has been a season of transition for Eintracht Frankfurt and coach Oliver Glasner this season. They completed a disappointing eleventh within the Bundesliga however the primary focus for a lot of the season has been their European run.
Eintracht are on a powerful 12-game unbeaten run that has seen them ease previous the likes of Barcelona, Actual Betis, West Ham, Royal Antwerp, Olympiacos and Fenerbahce on the way in which to the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium finale.
Hauge said: “This group has quite a lot of potential. We have now struggled within the Bundesliga within the second a part of the season however we've proven in Europe that we've a great workforce.
“A extremely robust workforce who can carry out nicely when it issues. (Beating Barcelona) offers you quite a lot of confidence, as a participant, as a workforce and a bunch.
“If you play matches like that and also you carry out and imagine then it reveals you'll be able to beat among the best groups on the planet.
“After we began this European marketing campaign we knew we had a robust workforce who may go all the way in which.
“We saved constructing that confidence and that has been vital. It will likely be an excellent evening and for certain we'll play our greatest soccer.
"West Ham have been a extremely bodily and robust workforce. The ultimate is perhaps a bit related.
"West Ham have quite a lot of high quality gamers however Rangers are a robust workforce. They're like us, they run and struggle for one another. “It will likely be an thrilling recreation.”