The one-time Rangers defender has returned to one of Steven Gerrard’s side’s league rivals, whom he left for Ibrox 12 years ago.
The one-time Rangers defender Kirk Broadfoot returned to one of his former clubs with his tail between his legs this week.
Broadfoot spent five years on Rangers books, but was one of a cluster of players who walked free from Ibrox when the Glasgow giants were demoted to the fourth-tier in 2012.
The next seven years of his career were spent divided into spells at Blackpool, Rotherham United and Kilmarnock, but the 35-year-old has finally come full-circle after joining St. Mirren – the club from which Rangers signed him all that time ago.
Fans of both Rangers and St. Mirren will recall Broadfoot kissing the Gers badge on his first return to Paisley – an act for which some of a Saints persuasion still have not forgiven him.
But speaking to The Glasgow Evening Times this week, the former Scotland international tried to pass it off as ‘banter’.
“I had a great relationship with the fans when I was here first time,” said Broadfoot.
“My mum and dad were saying the other day that it would be good for me to go back to St Mirren as they loved it there before.
“There was a bit of banter when I came back from Rangers.
“That happens when people move on. But the fans know I will give 100 per cent for this club.
“When they see what I do on the pitch they can relate to that. They know I’ll do everything for the club.”
Broadfoot’s first return to Rangers as a St. Mirren player is scheduled for 22 January, 2020.
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