Paul Le Guen has admitted he made a mistake in stripping Barry Ferguson of the Rangers captaincy.
The pair clashed repeatedly during the Frenchman's disastrous reign as boss at Ibrox and tensions came to a head on New Year's Day, 2007. Before the Clydesdale Bank Premier League clash with Motherwell at Fir Park the following day, Ferguson was sent home after Le Guen had relieved him of his duties as skipper.
Days later, Le Guen left the Govan club and almost four years after he first arrived in Glasgow, the former Lyon coach has told of his regret and - in a BBC Radio Scotland interview to be broadcast on Saturday - when asked if stripping Ferguson of the armband was the right thing to do, Le Guen said: "No, no, it was not right."
He added: "It was an impasse. When I took this decision I knew it would be difficult for me.
"He was my best player, but it was difficult for me to get the same relationship because of some factors.
"We are so different, but he was my best player.
"I was fed up with some behaviour, he knew he was the natural captain of Rangers, I knew that.
"But at that moment I was fed up perhaps."
Source: PA
