Rangers behind-scenes situation incredible after sacking at Ibrox, John Bennett after new man

Derek Ferguson is not convinced that the Rangers CEO needs to be an all-powerful figure at Ibrox and preferred it when the manager and his assistant had more power.

 

The club has been without a chief executive after James Bisgrove made a sudden exit to Saudi Arabia at the start of the summer to leave the Gers hierarchy stunned in his wake [Scottish Sun], just before the building work saga saw the team forced to move to Hampden Park.

Ex-Rangers midfielder Ferguson accepts that the club needs good people behind the scenes and haven’t had that, after a senior member of staff was sacked over the Ibrox debacle [Rangers Review, 21 June], but can’t believe how many people are in place behind the scenes these days when big mistakes are still being made.

 

Hearts chief executive Andrew McKinlay appeared to be the favoured choice to replace him [Daily Record, 23 June], but the Scottish Sun reported on 17 August that St Mirren’s vice-president Jim Gillespie is now being targeted by John Bennett.

Ferguson exclusively told Ibrox News: “I don’t want to see anybody losing their job but when you’re at Rangers I’m sure you are paid good money, and you’re paid good money to do a good job and somebody’s not been doing theirs.

“Of course these guys have got a part to play in it. I’m maybe a wee bit old school. Back then the manager and the assistant manager dealt with most things but they’ve got so many staff behind the scenes in this day and age it’s incredible.”

Jim Gillespie could replace James Bisgrove at Rangers

The constant churn at the club in most positions of influence in recent seasons has helped contribute to the mess the Gers find themselves in currently.

 

Senior executives, academy staff, managers and players have all come and gone with regularity to leave the project constantly in need of a reset and the gap widening to Celtic.

If Gillespie comes in he will have a lot of work on his hands to help stabilise the ship, but the sooner there is some consistency the better.