Gio van Bronckhorst fires back at Rangers flop over 'arrogant' jibe as he rejects favourites tag

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Gio van Bronckhorst has blasted back at Rangers flop Dragan Mladenovic over claims his players are arrogant. The Serb – who played seven games in a season at Ibrox – labelled the Light Blues stars were cocky after their win over Borussia Dortmund.

Mladenovic joined Rangers from Red Star Belgrade in 2004 and his two former clubs are set to clash in the Europa League last16.And as he previewed the clash, the 46-year-old said: “I watched the Rangers v Dortmund game and they outscored the German ‘millionaires’."Rangers deservedly won convincingly, and the Scots are now a little arrogant.”But Van Bronckhorst refuted that and said: “Why are we arrogant?

I don’t see any of my players being arrogant - we are very humble in this moment.“We enjoy being in Europe but we respect every opponent we face and I don’t see any signs of arrogance in my team, in myself or the club.Get all the latest Rangers news sent straight to your Inbox every day by signing up to our newsletter.We cover every morsel of information regarding your favourite club in the form of articles, videos and podcasts.The newsletter will arrive every day at 12pm, giving you a round up of the best stories we've covered that in the last 24 hours.To sign up, simply enter your email address into the link here.And if you aren't already, make sure you join the conversation over on our Rangers Facebook group and Record Sport Instagram.“We are happy to be in this round and will do everything to win this tie.

But arrogant is not the word that comes to my mind when I see my players preparing for this game.”Rival boss and legendary midfielder Dejan Stankovic tried to pile the pressure on Rangers by claiming the Scottish champions are favourites.