THERE aren’t many bigger derby matches in world football than Celtic v Rangers.
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But one man who was lucky enough to play in several has been spotted taking in one of the globe’s other top powder keg rivalries.
Ryan Jack spent seven years at Rangers between 2017 and 2024.
During that time, he played in plenty of Old Firm clashes and famously had the deciding say in one of them.
Jack netted the winner in a 1-0 win for Rangers at Ibrox in December 2018.
It was his first Rangers goal and one that consigned Brendan Rodgers to a first derby defeat as Celtic boss having been unbeaten in 13 before it.
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Jack’s Gers career came to an end at the end of last season.
He was one of several big names to move on when their contracts expired at the conclusion of the campaign.
After several months as a free agent, the 32-year old midfielder finally found a new club just over a week ago.
Jack made a surprise move to Turkish second tier outfit Esenler Erokspor and has already made a couple of appearances for his new team.
Before heading to Turkey, Jack had been spotted attending several matches across Scotland.
He’d popped up at Hampden to watch Rangers, while he’d also taken in games at St Mirren and Motherwell.
And it looks like he’s certainly still got the appetite to go and watch other games.
Erokspor played on Friday this weekend, with Jack appearing as a second-half substitute in a 2-0 defeat to Erzurumspor away from home.
That meant the Scotland international had a Saturday clear and he decided to go and take in the country’s most famous derby.
Jack decided to head for the Sukru Saracoglu Stadium to take in Fenerbahce’s showdown with Galatasaray.
Posting to Instagram, Jack was in the stands with the Fenerbahce stands on watching on as Jose Mourinho took charge of his first derby clash against Gala.
He posted a video with the atmosphere building, while another snap showed an impressive Fenerbahce 3D tifo with punters urging the players to ‘attack.’
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The teams headed into the match unbeaten so something had to give.
In the end, it was Galatasaray who left with an impressive 3-1 victory, making it six wins from six as they enjoy a remarkable start to their Turkish Super Lig season.
Jack might’ve been hoping to catch a glimpse of an old pal during the game.
But if he was, he wasn’t in luck.
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Ryan Kent is on the books at Fenerbahce but as has been the case for more or less his entire time there, the winger is frozen out.
Kent, 27, wasn’t included in Mourinho’s squad for the game and hasn’t played a minute of first team action since mid-July.
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