It is a little-known fact that up until his mid-teens, Falkirk's prolific French striker was a self-styled guardien de but as he kicked about with his pals in the Bordeaux area.
A somewhat accidental conversion in the French amateur ranks laid the groundwork for the player's superb 22 goals in 27 first-team starts this season, but El Alagui clearly still also fancies himself as a credible rival to Michael McGovern as Falkirk's first-choice custodian. As the days count down to Sunday's Scottish Communities League Cup semi-final against Celtic, the Frenchman of Moroccan descent joked that he could yet be persuaded to take a page out of Artur Boruc's book and perform at both ends should the match reach a penalty shoot-out.
