The AC Milan and Italy hardman used to get so fired up as a 19-year-old at Rangers that Gazza was frequently needed to knock some sense into him.

Former Ibrox team-mate Brian Laudrup revealed:

“If you had told me 10 years ago Rino Gattuso would be the heartbeat of AC Milan, I’d have laughed at you.

“He was a grumpy kid. He couldn’t speak English at first but just moaned in Italian. "And in training or games he was like the Tasmanian Devil.

“Gazza had to give him a few slaps to calm him down. Mind you, Gazza did that to everybody.”