The Athletic. Hello, I'm Dan Bardell, and I'm Flolo Hughes. And welcome to the Athletic Football

podcast. Today it's time we shine a spotlight on Rangers ahead of their first major European showpiece

final in 14 years. She was missing at this. Lookstone! John Woodstrom with the goal!

I think if you win the Europa League,

it might because for some of them to go away

and I can actually get this anywhere else?

You always had something at your feet to kick around

didn't matter what as a toddler. They will face I'm trying to do it.

They're ready for.

They're going to be able.

They will face I entrack Frankfurt in the Europa League final on Wednesday night and

Rangers correspondent Jordan Campbell joins us from Seville to help us explore their

journey back to this point from Gerard's Foundations to Van Brancost's tactical tight rope on the at this

remarkable European campaign.

Yeah, but before we welcome Jordan onto the show,

let's talk about Blackpools Jake, Daniel's Flur.ur I mean it shouldn't be news at all in

twenty two and it shouldn't be big news at all but the world we live in means that

it is he's become the first British male professional football to come out as Gai since Justin Fashioner.

An inspiring moment for many I'm sure and I'm sure he will go on and inspire lots of people to do the

same thing in the future so Jake's the trailblazer but like I say he shouldn't be huge news in 2022 but it is.

Yeah it's amazing I think it took a lot of people by surprise I don't think many knew it was

coming yesterday afternoon until probably about 4.4.30 when the Daily Mail Classic

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