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Fri, Oct 24th 2008, 17:07

Mo impressed after playing with Rangers Captain

Rangers new boy Maurice Edu had heard tales of Barry Ferguson’s sumptuous midfield skills on the other side of the world.

But, after playing alongside the Gers captain during Fergie’s injury comeback in Tuesday’s reserve game at St Mirren, the midfielder knows there was no exaggeration.

The former Toronto FC star was told all about the Rangers and Scotland skipper’s skills by Toronto FC director of football and former Ger Mo Johnston as MoJo helped do a first class selling job for the Light Blues on the USA international.

The Ibrox youngster said: “Maurice Johnston had told me all about Barry when I was over in Toronto. He said that Barry would help me complete my education as a midfield player and that it would be one of the most beneficial things about coming to Rangers.

“So it was disappointing that Barry had been out injured because I soon realised when I came to Glasgow what a big player he is for the club. Obviously he is the captain and the leader on the park and his influence was something that all the boys have spoken about as well as his ability.

“So to get the chance to play alongside Barry has been something I have been looking forward to for a while – I just never thought it would be in the context of a reserve game.

“But I think maybe that was beneficial for me and in the course of Barry coming back from injury I suppose that was the most likely way it was going to happen.”

“When you consider how long Barry has been out for, four months or so I think it is, you would never have guessed it. He just seemed to glide through the game.

“If that is him in his first game back in four months then I guess everything that Mo Johnston said about Barry was more than true. He is that good.”

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