25 Players Who Stole A Living From Rangers

7. Egil ˜stenstad

Another forward that fell flat on his face was the immobile Egil ˜stenstad. It wasn't instantly clear that Rangers were struggling from some money troubles in 2003, but it should have been, because Alex McLeish filled his squad full of free transfers and last-minute deals which did little to inspire confidence the club could defend the treble-winning form of just one year before. The big man, who had played with Blackburn Rovers for 4 years prior to joining Rangers, with a short loan at Manchester City in between, never scored a league goal for the Scots, despite reportedly earning up to £15,000 in weekly wages. Only a few strikes against lowly sides such as Forfar Athletic in cup competition would come his way, and - you guessed it - ˜stenstad was yet another player who spent a lot of time on the sidelines. A tremendous waste of money in salary, the Norwegian striker didn't exactly come with a major reputation, but he certainly should have done a lot better than he'd end up doing. That rests on his shoulders, because he clearly wasn't trying hard enough, and didn't look fit whatsoever.