During his tenure as Rangers manager between 2001-2006, Alex McLeish guided the club to a lot of major honours, actually winning as many trophies as the much-heralded Martin O'Neill did at Celtic. That's an achievement which deserves praise, because O'Neill crafted strong teams, but McLeish simply had his number over the piece during head-to-head-collisions. Sadly, the man's signing policy didn't really reflect that. Rangers were going through a strange period under his stewardship, the riches afforded to his predecessor, Dick Advocaat were definitely not handed to McLeish. Instead of having millions to spend on lavish talent who could sew up the Scottish League title, Alex had to make do and mend with a hodge-podge of free transfers and bargain basement signings. Amongst those was Egil ˜stenstad, a man who really should have covered himself in more glory during his stay at the club. Only managing 11 appearances and 2 goals (both in cup competition), the big Norwegian may have been a free transfer from Blackburn Rovers, but he still commanded a Premier League wage, making him a colossal waste of time, money and effort.
