Paul Gascoigne makes brutal Rangers comment as he names best career moment

Rangers legend Paul Gascoigne says he could have played blindfolded at Rangers he was that much better than everyone else in a brutally honest admission about his time in Scottish football.

In the summer of 1995, Gazza arrived at Ibrox for a club-record fee as he attempted to get his career back on track. The iconic midfielder had faced his share of struggles towards the end of his time at Lazio and signed for Walter Smith’s side in search of a fresh start.

Gascoigne soon found what he had been looking for at Rangers, scoring 19 goals in his first season, including a memorable hat-trick against Aberdeen as the Gers clinched the league title in the penultimate game. Despite being regarded as one of the most naturally gifted players of his generation, Gascoigne initially felt some scepticism from onlookers but confessed that the standard of the league allowed him to flourish.

Asked about the best moments in his career, Gascoigne told the Rest is Football podcast: “The highlight of my career was when I went to Scotland. The press said I wouldn’t do well up there. I played blindfolded up there, Jesus Christ!

“To score the hat-trick, because I’d never really won a championship medal. The FA Cup final [with Tottenham Hotspur], I only played about 12 minutes [due to injury]. So to score a hat-trick to win the league for Rangers was an unbelievable feeling.

“That was some highlight. I just remember going to collect all of the awards: I won players’ player, I won sports writers’ player of the year. I cleaned up the first year.”

The success would continue in his second season as the club once again won a league and cup double. However, Gazza, who has since had a well-documented battle with alcoholism, revealed that a rather