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Malik Tillman in glowing Rangers report card for Michael Beale as he addresses Ballack comparison from his boss

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Malik Tillman has no idea if Michael Beale was talking a bit of Ballacks. The new Rangers boss may have issued some pretty high praise after likening his Bayern Munich loanee to another talented German playmaker last week - but it mostly went over the Nuremberg-born American international’s head.

Those of a certain vintage will know all about Michael Ballack and his storied career both in his homeland and down south. With four Bundesliga titles, a Premier League crown, three FA Cups and a World Cup runners-up medal, the former Kaiserslautern, Leverkusen, Bayern, Chelsea and Germany midfielder was one of the biggest names in world football during the naughties.

But given 20-year-old Tillman - a former German youth international before switch his allegiances Stateside - was still in his short lederhosen at the time, the scale of his manager’s exalting comparison has pretty much passed him by.

But he’ll take the compliment none the less.“The manager is a very nice guy,” grinned the Ibrox ace. “I heard what he said about me and Michael Ballack as well.“First of all I am glad to hear that.

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