RANGERS icon Barry Ferguson played with some illustrious names during his time spent playing for his boyhood club.

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Ferguson, who now manages Kelty Hearts and is a regular pundit on the GO Radio Football show, lined-up alongside a number of coveted internationalists at Rangers.

Michael Mols, Ronald de Boer, Jorg Albertz, Lorezno Amoruso and Arthur Numan were just some of the players Ferguson starred alongside during his first spell at Ibrox. While Ferguson shared a midfield with Pedro Mendes and Steven Davis during his second stint in Govan.

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And, when quizzed on GO Radio about the best player he had shared a pitch with at Rangers, Ferguson admitted his answer may surprise some people.

“I look back way at the start when I broke in, I probably had the best relationship with {Giovanni} Van Bronckhorst or {Claudio} Reyna,” he admitted.

“I thought Van Bronckhorst just had everything. He wasn’t the biggest, but he could do everything. He could go get on the ball and pass it, he could run, he could score goals.

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“A lot of people are probably surprised when I say the best technically overall was Claudio Reyna. He was frightening, he could play anywhere, such a talented guy and again had everything needed to be a top midfielder."