Rangers have lacked any sort of succession planning since the appointment of Steven Gerrard as manager, with the collapse after his departure not really a surprise.
Ross Wilson was in charge of recruitment and finding someone to replace him and did so with a club great whose style of play was completely different.
The player trading model peaked with the record sales of Nathan Patterson and Calvin Bassey, but subsequent signings haven’t produced the same output on the pitch or on the bank balance.
When Gerrard left, he took his whole coaching team with him, however, with the departure of Barry Ferguson, it looks like those days are over and that there might actually be a long-term plan in place.
Rangers are hotly tipped to appoint Davide Ancelotti and he will be welcomed by Issame Charai, in what could be an indication of a new approach.
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Rangers look for stability as Issame Charai stays
Clubs all over Europe appoint from within when they change manager with one of Rangers’ greatest ever figures in Walter Smith the perfect example of when it can go right.
Charai arrived at Rangers as something of a surprise, known as an up-and-coming coach, the Belgian has also experienced success in his own right in charge of Morocco’s youth teams in both the African Cup of Nations and Olympics.
Charai has also made no secret of his desire to be a manager once again and has even turned down Chelsea owner Todd Boehly via a job offer at Ligue 1 outfit Strasbourg, owned by the same BlueCo organisation.
Rangers’ desire to retain Charai after both Philippe Clement and Ferguson left suggests that there is a long-term plan for him, and it could be to one day sit in the Ibrox hot seat.
What has Ancelotti said about his coaching staff?
Speaking to the Training Ground Guru, Davide Ancelotti explained how stability can be key to success:
“Yes, and this is something that I think that have to stop in this world, because if you go to American sports, that is, I think, the best example that we can have is not like this,” Ancelotti said when asked why his dad Carlo doesn’t take a large entourage with him to every job.
“The philosophy has his own style, has his own staff, his own philosophy, and the manager is there to prepare the games, to make sure that the strategy is good, and that’s it.
“So maybe it’s extreme what they do in American sports, but here is extreme.
“From the other side, it’s not possible that the club, that change manager, change 12 people every time, because you cannot increase your level, you cannot improve.”
With the 49ers Enterprises about to take control, the American approach that Ancelotti speaks of, might not be too far from the truth.
