Rangers Chief Executive Patrick Stewart has said that a “football review” takes place in the club after Ibrox -legend Barry Ferguson was mentioned as the successor to Philippe Clement for the rest of the season.
The coaching team of the former Rangers -captain Ferguson will include the assistant manager of Clement, Issame Charai, and Neil McCann, Billy Dodds and Allan McGregor, with his first match that was in charge of Kilmarnock in the Scottish Premiership on Wednesday (8 p.m. GMT).
In their first home game since he was eliminated from the Scottish Cup by Tweed-Tier Queen’s Park on 9 February, the 55-Keer Champions were beaten by St. Mirren on Saturday to let them Celtic And play the end of Clement’s 14-monthly reign.
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“I was clear that everyone is being assessed for results and nobody will get an unlimited time in a role at the club,” Steward told the Rangers website.
“In the end, after their early exit from the Scottish Cup, the team’s answer was a reason for deep concern, so that the board was concluded that action had to be taken now.
“I want to repeat: the problems we are confronted with are deeper than the manager. The current football review tries to tackle those problems, and we will continue to implement the findings in the coming weeks and months before we appoint a new permanent manager. “
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Ferguson who won the competition, Scottish Cup and League Cup for two spells at Ibrox, playing for the club for the first time between 1997 and 2003 and returned from 2005 to 2009.
The 47-year-old resigned from his last coaching role, at the third Tier Alloa Athletic, in February 2022 after winning nine of his 33 games that were in charge.
After a brief enchantment as a Blackpool manager in the EFL championship in 2014, in which he won three of the 20 games where he supervised, Ferguson spent almost three years in Clyde and Celty Hearts.
He reached the Scottish fourth Play-off final with Clyde and won promotion of the Lowland League and the fourth level with Kelty.
“I want to wish Philippe every success in the future,” said Stewart, who was appointed in December 2024. “He is a great man with whom I enjoyed working with this in my short time.
“I also want to welcome Barry in the club. We appreciate him and his team that step into the role at this difficult time. Me, the board and the executive team will give them our full support for the rest of the campaign. “
