Philippe Clement might be someone who would be considered from the outside as being lucky, but the fact that he is still at Rangers shows that someone is looking out for him.
In normal circumstances, no manager who has sat in the Ibrox hot seat would have the current league position tolerated, however, with no CEO, sporting director or permanent chairman, there is nobody to make the call.
The squad is still lacking balance due to recruitment issues and injuries ahead of the Premier Sports Cup clash with Motherwell with Clement fully aware that, if Rangers’ form doesn’t improve, that he will be packing up his locker at Auchenhowie.
Philippe Clement’s Rangers vs Motherwell press conference
In a tense pre-match press conference, the Rangers boss dug his heels in when asked about his future and if he is still the right man for the job:
“I am very confident in this longer-term story. It is about small margins and making it better.
“Last season, we turned things around in a short-time, and I am convinced we can do the same.
“Of course, we wanted the result on Wednesday but I saw a team that tried until the last minute.
“They don’t give up and we will continue fighting to get more consistent football like we have seen against Malmo and FCSB.
“There had to be a major turnaround in the summer, getting younger players and a cut in wages.
“The club knows it is the start of a better period, we don’t see it in results now, but the foundations are being grown for a more healthy club in the future.”
Should Rangers sack Philippe Clement?
Despite being nine points behind in the league, Rangers can’t sack Philippe Clement.
The last thing that they need with the club being such a mess is to have to be looking for a new manager as well when there is nobody to carry out the search from a position of experience or expertise.
It will be status quo until a new chairman, CEO and sporting director are appointed.
Rangers are reaping what the sow now, the negligence to not have any succession planning or contingencies means that there is nobody to oversee the football board or football operations other than the chairman and directors lending a helping hand.
A competent sporting director would already have sounded out other managers and the CEO would have run the numbers, instead, John Gilligan is chasing his tail trying to secure extra funding and someone to replace him.
