The Spanish centre-back won Player of the Year for Rangers in his single season in Glasgow in 2007/08.

Cuellar – who lifted the Scottish Cup and League Cup at the club – also helped Walter Smith’s side reach the final of the UEFA Cup, losing to Zenit St Petersburg in the final.

Now, the 43-year-old has opened up on a near return to Rangers three years later as he had agreed to a move back to Ibrox in 2011.