When Gio van Bronckhorst departed Rangers in November he left behind a cryptic comment reflecting on his time at Ibrox.The one about having had to work under “unique challenges and difficult circumstances”.
His successor would appear to believe he isn’t being hampered by the same constraints. I am a quotes man – the bolder, the better.
And as many of them as you like. But the one delivered to the press by the Michael Beale manager after last Sunday’s defeat of Dundee United at Tannadice was a belter. "We are not Real Madrid yet but we are moving in the right direction,” said Beale.
To mention Rangers and the European champions in the same breath was to invite ridicule but Beale clearly won’t be held back when it comes to restoring his team’s self-esteem as quickly as possible.
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