With the straightest of faces Ally McCoist told Chris Sutton that Ryan Kent was worth £25-30m!
On Tuesday Micky Beale revealed that the former Liverpool starlet was leaving for free, since he took charge of the club in November no contract offer had been made.
Some might describe that as economic madness.
Ditching his trademark cheeky chappie persona that has made him England’s favourite pundit McCoist had his manager head on when he discussed the transfer value of Kent on BT Sport. Clearly the values of Kieran Tierney and Moussa Dembele were the baseline.
When you play as a winger for a team that enjoys 60% plus possession in every match scoring three goals a season is no big deal. Even the twice a year Leeds United rumour failed to produce a bid.
Sure he can point to plenty of penalty-assists but at his next club Kent won’t have the security of match officials from Lanarkshire or Glasgow.
During his time in management McCoist signed Ian Black, Kevin Kyle, Dean Shiels, David Templeton and Fran Sandaza.
— Tam sellic son (@TamseIIicsonIII) May 23, 2023
— Big B (@bigB1888) May 23, 2023
Truly unbelievable ?
— w prendergast (@w_prendergast) May 23, 2023
Ryan Kent is the biggest example of false media equivalence ever seen in Scottish football.
— GiorgioMartone (@RogerMellie1888) May 23, 2023
That is an absolutely staggering clip. £25M–£30M for the goth. Haud on while I fall about laughing for 20 minutes. ?
His stats were merely a shadow of Jota’s. They wasted £7M on a player they thought was a world-beater but turned out to be a dud who is leaving for nothing. ?
— Joker’s Paradise ? (@JokerFromYoker) May 24, 2023
“Give us a figure.”
It’s a trap Ally, don’t do it! ?— Andy Borland (@AndyBorland4) May 23, 2023
McCoist talks up the abilities, and prices, of the newco players in the hope someone will be daft enough to fork out those ludicrous sums for them. ?
— Cosmic Funker (@CosmicFunker) May 23, 2023
Haha brilliant ?
— Fergus McCanns Bunnet ? (@tommy1967_) May 24, 2023
More comedy gold ???
— Claudia Valente (@ClaudiaVee123) May 23, 2023
That didnt age well.
— Jim The Tim. (@Jimthetim4) May 23, 2023
Oh the Cheeky Chappie ,time for Ally to come off gardening leave.
— joe mcaleer (@joemcaleer) May 24, 2023
You’d get more for Old Kent road on monopoly ?
— Darren Grant (@djdarrengrant) May 23, 2023
Best for a while ????
— CrazyBaresi???????? ?? ???????? (@BaresiCrazy) May 23, 2023
Super Chalet sure appreciates the value of money!
I think he was talking in Zimbabwean dollars, not Dembele dollars. Even then he’d be overpriced though. Stick to gardening Ally. Your financial punditry is as embarrassing and cringey as your football punditry, ya fud.