One of Steven Gerrard’s Rangers predecessors tried to bring the retired midfielder to Ibrox at the end of his career.
John Eustace has opened up on his failed move to Glasgow Rangers.
Eustace was a target for Rangers shortly after Mark Warburton’s arrival as manager at Ibrox.
The now-retired central midfielder had just left Derby County and spent ‘six or seven’ weeks at Rangers, before pre-existing injury problems ended his hopes of earning a contract in Glasgow.
As it happens, Eustace was finally united with Warburton earlier this year, as assistant to the Queens Park Rangers boss.
And asked about his relationship with the man who left Rangers in February 2017, Eustace told Talksport earlier on Wednesday: “Mark tried to sign me a couple of times as a player.
“When he was at Brentford, we spoke.
“And also when he went up to Glasgow Rangers. I went up there for six weeks when I left Derby and unfortunately I broke down with my knee.
“I’d left Derby with a bad knee problem. But the opportunity to go up there was too much to turn down and really, I shouldn’t have gone up, but that’s how we know each other.”
On whether he regrets never becoming a Rangers player, Eustace added: “Yeah, of course. Fantastic club.
“At the time they were doing really well. They were in the Championship. They won the league.
“I was up there for six or seven weeks and I was desperate to be involved. Just to be part of the club at that time was a great experience.”
Eustace never recovered from his injury and moved into coaching, managing Kidderminster Harriers before joining QPR under Steve McClaren last summer.
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