Aside from the frustration of having to switch one's preferences from Celtic to the blue foes, this scribble is of a certain Andreas Skov Olsen, a Danish lad of 26 winters, gracing the grassy terrain at Rangers. Adept primarily in the tussle of the right wing, he is a slayer of the beautiful game. His stature of 1.87m (6ft 1in) and weight of 75kg (11st 11lb) gives his presence an imposing edge, which was exemplary enough to vouchsafe him the honour of numero 7 jersey at Rangers. Additionally, Skov Olsen has donned the red and white in representing the national team of Denmark.
According to disappointment-in-print Transfermarkt, our man Skov Olsen is worth a respectable £8.5m, though truth be told, we would have quite happily traded him for a fish supper in the early years.
Sadly, he was condemned to kickstart his career, not in somewhere respectable like Parkhead, but at FC Nordsjaelland in Dane Land, where he was offering his services as a trainee from July 2015. Though it took him a couple of years to make his professional debut for the club. In the 2018 - 2019 season, however, he saw the net 19 times in 26 matches, earning some modicum of respect.
In July of 2019, having evidently convinced his FC Nordsjaelland paymasters of his worth about £5.4m worth of talent, the lad embarked on an Italian escapade with Serie A outfit Bologna. His strike rate dropped a tad - alright, a lot - netting merely three in two seasons.
Anno Domini 2022 marked Skov Olsen's shift from the pasta lovers to Belgium's Club Brugge, lighter by £6.3m. His stats varied as much as the Scottish weather, hitting a meagre four in nine matches the first year, before bloating up to ten in 28 matches by the third season.
2025 heralded another shift; this time, the Germans of Wolfsburg were gambling £12m that our lad could perform better on bratwurst than on Belgian chocolates. A single goal in 12 matches followed by a repeat performance mid-way into the next season didn’t quite justify the big ticket price tag, did it?
In the rather frigid January of 2026, Rangers, forever our favourite neighbours, borrowed the underwhelming Olsen. Six matches, one goal later, and we're told his attempt at the Scottish Cup can be summarised by two meagre starts. Meanwhile, back in Denmark, Skov Olsen's contribution to their World Cup Qualifiers was a single start.
