Des Bremner reveals Aston Villa pep talk with John McGinn as Hibs hero expected to bring one thing on homecoming
dailyrecord.co.ukTime will tell if claret and amber is tied onto the Europa Conference League trophy for the second season in a row and nobody would be happier than Des Bremner.
The quietly-spoken Scot made himself an Aston Villa legend as part of the team which won the European Cup in 1982. David Moyes ended West Ham United’s 58-year wait for European silverware by winning this competition in June and if Scotland star, John McGinn, follows Declan Rice as the lucky captain, then Hibernian will share part of the credit just as they did with Bremner.
Three years after leaving Easter Road in 1979, the midfielder won the biggest prize in club football and his two old teams meet in Edinburgh in the first-leg of the playoff, Bremner admits his seven years at Hibs were crucial in shaping him.
Not least, the cruel lesson of losing on penalties two-time winners, Leeds United, in the Uefa Cup in 1973-74 in another Battle of Britain clash for Hibs.
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