Ally McCoist shared a great story about Paul Gascoigne - and why you should never trust Gazza with translation duties.
McCoist was a teammate of the pair when he was at Glasgow Rangers under Walter Smith, and he told Alan Brazil how Gazza wound up the manager.
Gazza and Gattuso
Gattuso - the current Napoli manager - was trying to make an impression with Rangers.
“Ah, Gattuso – a more competitive footballer I don’t think I ever played with," said McCoist.
"He was unbelievable. As you would imagine and hope, he trained as he played.
“So this is a Tuesday or a Wednesday and we’ve got the Old Firm game coming up at the weekend.
“And Gattuso is running around absolutely scything people – a real terrier type.
“I don’t have to tell you that Walter’s going off his head! He says: ‘We’ve got a game at the weekend, we’re playing Celtic! We need to watch some of these tackles!’
“So he says to Gascoigne: ‘Hey, Gazza! You speak a bit of Italian? Tell Gattuso to calm down, there’s a game at the weekend’"
Translation
There's your first mistake, as McCoist explained.
“Wrong man. I mean, Walter should have known better. It was naivety at best on Walter’s part!
“So what does Gascoigne do in broken Italian?
“He tells Gattuso: ‘the manager wants more off you. If you want to play at the weekend you need to show a level of commitment in training’.
“Two minutes later, the ball gets played up to me and I’m wearing six studs down my chest where he tackles me!”
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