RANGERS legend Ally McCoist has revealed he suffers from an incurable condition known as Dupuytren’s contracture.

McCoistwhich is now one of the country’s most popular football broadcasters, opened up about the inherited condition during a recent appearance on talkSPORT.

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He revealed that both his parents had suffered from it.

The former striker has undergone two operations on his hands over the years but the problem has returned.

McCoist explained: “I have Dupuytren’s. It’s an inherited thing where your fingers close.

“I’ve had them done twice. I went to the doctor and he said to me ‘Did your grandfather have it?’. I said ‘I don’t know’ because I never met either of my grandfathers, unfortunately they went before. I was born.

“I said to him ‘But my dad had it’. He lifted his head and said ‘You’re unlucky because it normally skips a generation’. I said ‘That’s good news because I have five boys’.

“My little mom had it too. My mom had it, my dad had it, it’s a hereditary thing.

“The bizarre with Dupuytren’s when I went to the doctor he said “I’m going to operate on it but it will come back in about nine years”. And I swear to God nine years later it came back.

He added: “I’ve seen myself send a text message that takes me five minutes to text with one finger when I should just dial the number.”

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Dupuytren’s contracture – also known as “Viking’s disease” – is an inherited condition that causes an abnormal thickening of the skin in the palm of the hand at the base of the fingers.

It can cause one or more fingers to curl against the palm or be pulled to the side.

It is estimated that two million people in the UK have some degree of Dupuytren’s.

The cause is unknown but it runs in families and worsens with age.

McCoist is one of Britain’s best-loved football pundits and commentators.

He currently works for talkSPORT, ITV and Sky Sports.