Tomasson: Colak will be Gers goal-grabber

Jon Dahl Tomasson has tipped his former striker Antonio Colak to be a goal-scoring success at Rangers.

The Danish coach was Malmo boss a year ago when they knocked the Ibrox side out of the Champions League thanks to Colak’s goals.

The Croatian frontman was this month snapped up from PAOK by gaffer Gio van Bronckhorst.

Tomasson is now Blackburn Rovers boss and left Glasgow with a 2-2 friendly draw against Celtic yesterday.

Afterwards, he praised Colak and tipped him to get among the goals on the other side of the city.

Tomasson (below) said: “Colak is an excellent player and he made it tough for Rangers last season by scoring those goals at Ibrox.

“He is a great person and excellent for the dressing room as well, he always gives maximum effort.

“I think he will score goals for Rangers. He is a great team player and I like team players.

“He has a great attitude but it all depends on the manager. I know van Bronckhorst very well and he’s clever enough to make the right choices.”

Tomasson was impressed by Celtic, who led Rovers 2-1 until late on when Chile striker Ben Brereton Diaz equalised from a free-kick. However, the manager warned Ange Postecoglou’s side that they’ll have their work cut out in the elite group stage.

He said: “When you look at our budget at Malmo, we did the impossible when we qualified for the group phase.

“We had to get through four rounds against opponents who had been champions of their own country – and we were unseeded in the third and fourth.

“Celtic are a well-coached side with a lot of quality. “But they will need to show that once the games start because it depends on who you’re up against.”