For those who watched his stunning emergence in the Scottish game, the travails of Duncan Ferguson will never carry less than a gripping allure. He captured the attention with a single moment, a flash of artisan quality that tantalised a future that was ultimately never to unfold. It was a cold March night at Ibrox in 1993 when the big striker, then just 21, was sent out to face Germany.  His display is seared in the memory. Guido Buchwald, one of Europe’s most accomplished defenders was terrorised. While Ferguson didn’t score, the image of him leaping like a salmon in his pink jersey to smash a perfectly executed overhead kick, brilliantly saved by Andreas Kopke, is still vivid.

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