ALLAN MCGREGOR admits the pursuit of the Premiership title has taken over his life in the last three years as he reflected on a 'monumental' success for Rangers.
Steven Gerrard's side clinched their first league flag in a decade last month as St Mirren were beaten at Ibrox and Celtic failed to see off Dundee United the following day.
Rangers now have an unbeaten Premiership campaign in their sights and will also bid for Scottish Cup glory as they prepare to return to action against Cove this weekend.
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McGregor was part of the last Ibrox squad to lift the title and the 39-year-old will now have another shot at the silverware and the Champions League after committing his future to Rangers for next season.
McGregor said: "It was monumental. Obviously I know a lot of Rangers fans all over the world and just what it means to them over the last long period of time not to have won anything.
"To me as well and all the boys in here, I know what it meant to them, and the manager and all the staff and everybody in the club. It was a massive occasion. It didn’t give me a new hunger, I have always been hungry.
"I thought about that day for the last two-and-a-half or three years. It has maybe overtaken my life a wee bit and I thought about it too much actually. I don’t know if that is healthy or not. But we have done it and it was a special occasion.
"It has got to give you confidence. It is not going to send you in the other direction. To experience that and what it means to everybody, and experience that as a group when you win something, that has got to give you confidence and push you on for more and have more success.
"It is great to try and play in the Champions League again. It would be great, especially at my age. It would be great for the club and put us right back on the map in Europe. It will be difficult, don’t get me wrong, but the chance is there for us."
The form and presence of McGregor was vital to Rangers over the course of the campaign and the keeper would lead by example on and off the park throughout a dominant title race.
He has now given Gerrard another major boost by committing his future to Rangers for another season and he had no hesitation about signing on the dotted line to extend his Ibrox deal.
McGregor said: "I didn’t really need convincing. It was more that my body felt OK, my performances seemed OK. So, why not?
"I think everybody throughout your career, you pick up advice through your career, whether that is physios, whether it is nutritionists, coaches, and every wee bit of that helps.
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"You take a bit of everything and use it to the best of what suits you. That is what I have been doing and it has been going OK.
"Maybe because I was here from such a young age. You get to love the place, you feel you are home. You know everybody that works here. I just feel like it is my home. There is no other way to describe it."
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