In that six-year spell, he won nine major honours with the club including domestic trebles in the 1998–99 and 2002–03 seasons, representing the side on more than 150 occasions in competitive football.

Ritchie did not make a single appearance[6] and Konterman was criticised to begin with, but, like Amoruso, he eventually found his way into the hearts of the fans.

[7] In December 1999, Amoruso issued a public apology after directing racist comments at Borussia Dortmund's Nigerian striker Victor Ikpeba.

[10] In the 2000–01 season, when Rangers exited the UEFA Champions League to Monaco partly because of another bad mistake by Amoruso, he was stripped of the captaincy (which went to the 22-year-old Barry Ferguson).

[13] After Dick Advocaat's October 2000 attack on what he described as "fat necks" in his squad, reports named the Italian as a probable target.

After a four-match ban for spitting on James Grady,[18] he scored the winning goal in his final game for Rangers—the 2003 Scottish Cup final—and wept as he left the pitch.

[19] Amoruso left Rangers in July 2003 to make a £1.4 million move to Blackburn Rovers,[20] who wanted him as a replacement for Henning Berg.

[26] He blamed Giovanni Trapattoni, Cesare Maldini and Dino Zoff for failing to provide him with the call-up he felt he deserved.