The seeds were sown on the most famous transfer in Scottish football history the night the heavens opened over Hampden and Mo Johnston scored the two Scotland goals that downed his adopted homeland in a World Cup qualifier.
March 8, 1989. Scotland 2 France 0 and former Celtic icon Johnston, then at Nantes, ripped Michel Platini’s team to ribbons en route to qualification for Italia 90. A few seats along from Johnston’s agent Bill McMurdo in the national stadium directors’ box sat Rangers manager Graeme Souness and his assistant Walter Smith. Watching and wondering what if...
Four months later, Souness ushered Johnston into the Blue Room at Ibrox as a Rangers player and almost 34 years on, there is not a day goes by without McMurdo being asked about it. Football’s first super agent - the man who brought George Best to Scottish football but is still best remembered for the MoJo deal - lifted the lid on the transfer that shook Scottish football to its core in the latest episode of Record Sport's new Off The Record podcast.
