- Laura Woods asked Ally McCoist to name the world-class Premier League players
- McCoist mixed up his names and gave an answer that left her shocked
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Ally McCoist got his names mixed up when he accidentally labeled a former Manchester United player ‘world class’ during a chat with Laura Woods.
Woods asked McCoist to name which top-ranked players fall into that category and was visibly shocked by the response she received.
McCoist thought about the question for a few seconds before saying, “look at guys like Zaha, world class.”
A surprised Woods made a surprised expression before replying, “Zaha?”
McCoist then came to his senses and corrected himself, saying: “I meant Salah!”
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Ally McCoist gave a surprising answer when asked to name world-class Premier League players
“Did I just make someone up,” he continued as the pair started laughing.
“No, Wilfried Zaha” Woods replied. “I thought this was an interesting topic to jump right into. He doesn’t even play in the Premier League.’
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McCoist then embraced his mistake, joking that Zaha “has been a personal favorite of mine for a while.”
When did Wilfried Zaha become Mo Salah?’ he said as the couple became hysterical.
Zaha now plies his trade in Turkey with Galatasaray after leaving Crystal Palace last year
“Anyway, do you want to ask that question again? Really, we should just leave it and cause an absolute riot, right?
“The man has lost his marbles, get him off the air immediately, take him to an old people’s home and we can send him flowers and go visit him. Every Sunday we can go for a walk with him on Sunday’