Ally McCoist picks three best Premier League forwards ever and snubs Mo Salah and Harry Kane

Ally McCoist has completely ignored Mo Salah and Harry Kane after naming the Premier League’s best-ever forwards. The former Rangers star was given the task on talkSPORT, and made some controversial picks.

McCoist claimed Newcastle icon Alan Shearer was an automatic pick, with his 260 league goals still an all-time record. And while Kane and Salah have gotten close to matching Shearer’s eye-watering numbers over recent years, does not believe they rank in the best three Premier League forwards of all-time.

“I don’t think Harry Kane is getting in it,” McCoist said. “Mohammed Salah’s not getting in it… So Liverpool fans will have Mo Salah as an all-time great; who am I to say he’s not?

“For example, where it’s a conversation, my front three I’d have Alan Shearer through the middle because his stats as a centre-forward are incomparable to anybody’s.”

And while Salah and Kane were not included in McCoist’s selection, he still plumped for some Manchester United and Arsenal icons. He added: “I’m playing Thierry Henry on one side; of course, I’m playing Cristiano Ronaldo on the other side..