became Britain's most expensive footballer upon his move to Rangers from Dundee United for £4 million in July 1993. Rangers won the double the following season but missed out on a back-to-back domestic treble after losing in the 1994 Scottish Cup Final to Dundee United. It was a classic giant-killing act. United had had a fairly moderate season, winning eleven of their forty-four league matches. It was United's seventh appearance in a Scottish Cup Final, having lost all six of their previous encounters. A forty-seventh minute Craig Brewster goal gave Dundee United the win after a back pass by Dave McPherson was intercepted. The 1994–95 season saw Rangers make two big-money signings, Basile Boli and Brian Laudrup, for £2.7 million and £2.4 million, respectively. A sixth-consecutive championship was won. The club sat top of the Scottish Premier Division on sixty-nine points, fifteen points ahead of second-placed Motherwell. Both runs in the domestic cup competitions ended before the last eight, as well as a failure to reach the UEFA Champions League group stage. Rangers won the championship again in season 1995–96 with the help of Paul Gascoigne. The Englishman was signed on 10 July 1995 from Lazio. He made an instant impact at Rangers, running almost the length of the pitch to score in an Old Firm match at Celtic Park during the fifth league game of the season. Rangers went on to win the league, clinching the title in the penultimate game of the season against Aberdeen. After Rangers went 1–0 down in the early stages, Gascoigne went on to score a hat-trick to give the club a 3–1 victory and the championship. Joining the league crown in the Ibrox trophy cabinet was the 1996 Scottish Cup, which Rangers won after a 5–1 defeat of Hearts. A hat-trick from Gordon Durie and a Brian Laudrup double won Rangers their 27th Scottish Cup. In season 1996–97, Rangers went on to win their ninth championship in a row, thereby equalling Celtic's achievement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. In the cup competitions, they were knocked out of the Scottish Cup at the quarter-finals stage, losing 2–0 to Celtic; however, the team won the League Cup, defeating Hearts 4–3. In Europe, the team qualified for the UEFA Champions League after a 10–3 aggregate win over Russian champions Alania Vladikavkaz. They recorded three points from their six group matches. The season 1997–98 proved