Picture the scene: a taxi pulls up at the front door of Ibrox and out steps an Everton starlet carrying the baggage of a massive transfer fee. ‌

Michael Ball has been in this movie before. ‌

His own ended with a happy ending on a blockbuster day at Easter Road. ‌

And the former Goodison hero is backing Youssef Chermiti to enjoy his own starring role as Russell Martin attempts to rewrite his Rangers script.

Ball was among the cast of leading men who took the Light Blues to the unlikeliest of league title triumphs on Helicopter Sunday 20 years ago this summer.

You’d be hard pushed to get that remarkable story past a Hollywood producer but it’s taught Ball one thing - to never give up. ‌

There certainly didn’t seem much hope for Alex McLeish’s team as the final four games

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