SHOCKING NEWS:Philippe Clement announces the retirement of a super star

With the play-offs sorting the wheat from the Europa League chaff, Rangers finally discovered the identity of their last-16 opponents in Friday’s draw.

Jose Mourinho will travel to Ibrox for the very first time in a competitive sense – his one and only previous coming in a friendly clash with Chelsea in 2007 – after his Fenerbahce side secured a 5-2 aggregate victory over Belgian outfit AnFener’s bitter rivals Galatasaray are out. As are Mourinho’s former employers FC Porto, two of the pre-tournament favourites exiting early.

FC Twente’s campaign also came to a rather brutal end. A calamitous defensive showing away to Bodo/Glimt scuppered Twente’s chances of a last-16 meeting with Philippe Clement’s Rangers, while denying Sam Lammers, Danilo, Vaclav Cerny and one-time Enschede skipper Robin Propper the chance to embrace an emotional return to their old stomping grounds.derlecht this week.

Rangers set for Fenerbahce clash as Robin Propper-less FC Twente bow out

Sam Lammers scored a stunning equaliser at Manchester United to kick off Twente’s European campaign in style back in September.

Five months on, after a spell on the sidelines with injury, Lammers was powerless to prevent his team from freezing in the Arctic Circle as Bodo/Glimt rattled off five goals in front of their frost-tipped fanbase.

To quote Twente reporter Leon ten Voorde, meanwhile, Robin Propper’s departure to Rangers left a ‘huge hole’ in the heart of Joseph Oosting’s side. The experienced centre-back was not only their most reliable defender, after all, but also their captain.

The man who led by example and held the spine in place.

Twente’s dreams of Champions League qualification were shattered by Red Bull Salzburg late last summer, conceding five times across the two legs shortly after Propper’s £1.5 million switch to Ibrox was confirmed.

Whether he would have made much of a difference as Bodo/Glimt hit Twente for six across 210 minutes of nail-biting action is anyone’s guess.