The rebuild that was inherited by Philippe Clement when he joined Rangers was always going to be a difficult one.
Alarm bells rang when the manager talked about the goalposts moving, however, the need to bring trophies to Ibrox is one that is unforgiving when it comes to excuses.
Not that Clement is looking for them as the Rangers boss prepares to take on Kilmarnock in a pivotal fixture in the title race.
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Philippe Clement not looking for Rangers rebuild excuses
When the Belgian was asked if fans are starting to see the limitatations that he is having to work with, his response was a prickly one:
“No, I don’t want to speak about limitations. I don’t want excuses, I don’t want anything of that.
“This is a club where one ambition is to win the next game and every game. It’s my ambition also.
“So, I don’t want to make any more comments about all those things. No, it’s about winning.
“And of course, you know there’s a process to get to winning, and you know what difficulties you can have or have when you rebuild things in such a big way.
“That you know, but it’s about winning, and everybody needs to be focused on that and to make the process go as fast as possible and as good as possible. So, all the energy in that.”
Clement in Rangers job for the long haul
Clement could easily have walked away when the chairman or CEO quit or when he maybe didn’t get the funds to spend that he first thought that he was going to get.
But he didn’t, he loves Rangers, he gets Rangers, and is adamant that he can be the man to bring success back to the club.
Not just in the short term either.
Nils Koppen spoke about a new and in-depth transfer plan which involves moving on high earners who aren’t contributing and building a youthful, more energetic squad.
It isn’t the size of job that was ever going to be completed in one transfer window, not that Philippe Clement is looking for any sympathy.
