KRIS BOYD was a striker who lived and breathed for finding the net.
But, as far as the Rangers legend is concerned, poachers like him are a dying breed.
Too many frontmen these days are more interested in tying up centre-backs than tallying up goals, he reckons.
And that goes for the man who has inherited the No.9 jersey he wore at Ibrox.
Cyriel Dessers has 19 for the season on club business after Sunday's double sank Scottish Cup semi-final foes Hearts.
It's a figure Boyd cannot deny is a reasonable return, especially for a striker who faced the indignity of being branded a flop before he'd even unpacked his bags following his £4.5million move from Italy last summer. But the SPFL's record-setting marksman can't help but think Dessers would have a lot more if he had shown even a flicker of the burning desire for goals he once possessed.
The Sky Sports pundit said: "For me, there's a shortage of goalscorers worldwide.
"When you dissect the death of the striker, it's scary. It used to be that strikers were obsessed by goals - that was all that matters.
"I don't see that fazes a lot of strikers now, they're more focused on doing what Cyriel Dessers does-occupying centrebacks and being a nuisance.
"I don't see that obsession for scoring goals the way strikers of the past were but I don't see that in world football any more because the game's changed.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة April 23, 2024 من Daily Record.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.
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