McCoist was left with his head in his hands after the red hot form of a former Rangers flop was brought to his attention
McCoist couldn’t believe it
Ally McCoist couldn’t believe his eyes when he read that forgotten Rangers flop Mateusz Zukowski is banging the goals in in Germany – after being transformed into a clinical STRIKER.
There have been a few players at Ibrox in recent years who have desperately struggled before going on to thrive elsewhere. Most famously Umar Sadiq, who couldn’t hit a barn door with a baseball bat in Glasgow but later earned himself a £20m move to Real Sociedad after some stunning form in Spain.
Zukowski signed for around £400,000 in January 2022 and only made a single appearance against Annan in the early rounds of the Scottish Cup. He left Ibrox on a free in the summer of 2023 and made 66 appearances for Slask Wroclaw in his native Poland before FC Magdeburg in the German second tier took a chance on him in the summer.
And it’s a chance that is paying off.
Mateusz Zukowski celebrates with his teammates(Image: Getty Images)
Zukowski, now being used as a centre-forward, hit a double against Schalke over the weekend to take his tally for the season to 11 goals in 11 league games. It’s a far cry from his time at Rangers and his sudden explosion was put to McCoist by the talkSPORT producers during the breakfast show this morning.
And McCoist, speaking with Alan Brazil on the morning broadcast, said: “Does this name ring a bell? It probably won’t, and it shouldn’t. Mateusz Zukowski? I’m going to tell you a little bit about him. This sums us up, this…
“Rangers signed him as a right-back for £400,000 on January deadline day in 2022. He left a year and a half later without making a single appearance in the league.
“Why am I bringing this up? Because since leaving Rangers, he’s been converted to a striker in Bundesliga 2, and he’s scored 11 goals in 11 games. Two of them came against Edin Dzeko’s Schalke on Saturday. They’re top of the league!”
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