11 Players You Didn't Know Rangers Almost Signed

7. Kenwyne Jones

He might not have had the incredible scoring record of the likes of Alan Shearer in the Premier League, but Trinidadian Jones could have been a big hit in Scotland, where his more languid style might well have translated into more goals. Having started out as a player in Jack Warner's pet project - Joe Public FC in Trinidad & Tobago - he moved on to W Connection and then Southampton after a trial, but his skills were so renowned in his home land that he managed to attract attention from Man Utd, Middlesbrough, West Ham and Rangers, all of whom gave him a trial. Unfortunately for Jones, Rangers didn't see his skills as transferrable to the SPL and he signed for Southampton, where he was moulded into a striker having been a utility man up to that point.
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