Lorenzo Amoruso dioes not feel the current Rangers squad were making much of a scrifice when they agreed to take a cut in their salaries to ease the club's financial worries. Monthly pay was cut by up to 75% in an agreement with administrators Duff and Phelps earlier this month in a bid to avoid widespread redundancies at all levels at the club. Former Ibrox defender Amorusosays that anyone who has ever played for the Glasgow club would be happy to do the same out of love for the club. He said: "If you play for Rangers, you know what it means to play for Rangers, so I don't see it as a sacrifice, I see it as an action that should be done if you care about the club. For me it's not a sacrifice, it's something you do because you fall in love with this club."
Amorusohas been joined by a number of ex-players to take part in tonight's Rangers Legends game against AC Milan Glorie at Ibrox, with former manager Walter Smith returning to the dugout to guide the team. Smith cannot comprehend what has happened to the club he left last summer after Rangers were forced to call in the administrators on 14 February. Smith said: "Bewilderment is the word. It's been quite amazing what has happened. I never thought we could see it happen at a club like Rangers but it has and we have to show a reaction to that."
Smith is full of praise for the way fans have rallied round and responded to the crisis, with the Rangers Fans Fighting Fund raising £250,000 to help the Scottish champions. Smith added: "Rangers have got a great support, they've got a demanding support if you're a manager or a player. That's the way you would want it, great clubs have got to have that. I'm fairly certain when the problems did arise that there was a call made to every one of them that they would get behind the team and they would get behind the club and they would do anything they could to get the club back into decent circumstances."
Another former Rangers defender, Marvin Andrews, is looking forward to pulling on a familiar strip and sharing the pitch with legendary names in tonight's game while helping his old club. He said: "It was always a pleasure for me to watch Franco Baresi playing for Italy and AC Milan so this game will be a pleasure for me. I'm so happy to be part of this, especially for the cause and the betterment of Rangers Football Club. It's a great honour for me to be here and to show my support in helping Rangers."