Source: FOOTYMAD
McCoist Not To Spend His Money In One Fell Swoop
The World Cup provides a shop window for the best players to display their talents and managers will be circling to see what can be had within their budgets. Rangers' manager in waiting Ally McCoist is using his time in South Arica well by including some scouting duties alongside his pundit duties. The Ibrox club will have some money to spend before the new season starts and McCoist is hopeful of finding somebody affordable within the 32 squads at the World Cup. While some clubs may be looking at the top players in the top teams, McCoist is limited to looking for bargains in the other sides. He said: "I have been watching all the games, but I am looking at teams like Australia, New Zealand, Honduras and teams like that to see if there is anything knocking about. I am not saying we don't have anything to spend, but any money we do get, we will have to spend very, very wisely." Last week saw Rangers' majority shareholder and former chairman Sir David Murray take the club off the market after a suitable takeover offer failed to materialise. McCoist said: "I had a hunch that's the way things were going. Well, nothing was going, there was no movement. There was supposed interest. It was all talk effectively and I think the ex-chairman just probably had enough and said, 'Right, if nobody's going to come in and make us an acceptable offer then we'll just take the club off the market'. So I would not say it was a massive surprise to me. The one thing about the owner and ex-chairman, I don't think anyone can deny his love for the club and his desire for the club to do well. He has been at the helm for a good number of years and, although he isn't chairman any more, nobody can argue that he hasn't got the club's best interests at heart." McCoist has been named as Walter Smith's successor but with the future of the club still a bit of a mystery, the club's all-time record goalscorer is taking nothing for granted. He said "I am realistic enough to know that a year's a long time in football. Without doubt, it would be the biggest honour that I could ever get or ever want. To play for the club you supported as a kid is one thing; to be there as a player for 15 years and then come back as a coach and assistant manager is fantastic and beyond most people's wildest dreams. But to actually become manager would be absolutely outrageous." McCoist last night watched Rangers defender Madjid Bougherra successfully deal with Wayne Rooney and Emile Heskey as Algeria held England to a goalless draw in World Cup Group C. McCoist said: "A couple of times, Rooney and Heskey tried to take him on physically. They would probably win that battle against 95% of defenders at the World Cup. But Boughie is a big unit. He is a big lad and you don't push him about or knock him off the ball and he certainly stood up to the aggression of Heskey and Rooney, and I thought Bougherra played very well. All the good players from the game were Algerian." Former Scotland striker McCoist added of England, who have just two points from their opening two games: "Make no mistake about it, they are really struggling. I watched the first game against the United States and they did all right. I thought they were the better team against the USA and you can't legislate for a goalkeeping howler that cost them two points. But I was at the game in Cape Town against Algeria and they were really poor. They look scared actually, as if they are playing with a little bit of fear." Editor Ger Harley (ger@scottishfitba.net)Admin Team (admin@scottishfitba.net)This is Scottish-Fitba.Net
