Graeme Souness names the Rangers credentials he spotted in Clement during Ibrox grilling as he pays a high compliment
dailyrecord.co.ukGraeme Souness sat across from Philippe Clement in the Rangers managerial recruitment process and sensed the Belgian could have the chops to be Ibrox boss.Now he knows it.
Forget the minor stooshy about the Light Blues legend endorsing Frank Lampard rather than Clement Souness admitted on national radio around the time of the appointment he felt the former Chelsea and Everton gaffer would be a good fit for Rangers.
Some fans jumped on the line but the Scotland great was keen to clarify that didn’t mean Clement wasn’t.Far from it. Souness was seriously impressed by the ex-Monaco manager and that option has only been strengthened given the start he’s made to life in Glasgow.
The Rangers job is not for the faint of heart. Souness knows it more than most. Incredibly, when you look back on it, he took it on at just 33-years-old and went on to revolutionise the club and Scottish football.Souness was young but he knew the landscape – and that was the only niggling doubt he had in his mind over Clement.
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