Michael Beale's Rangers assistant relationship laid bare as Damian Matthew explains what sets new man apart

dailyrecord.co.uk:

New Rangers assistant coach Damian Matthew has detailed his strong relationship with Michael Beale after moving up to Glasgow to follow the Light Blues boss on his next managerial journey.

After sacking Gio van Bronckhorst late in November, Rangers ramped up their efforts to sign Beale after his superb spell under Steven Gerrard 's reign was cut short as a result of the latter taking up the Aston Villa job little over a year ago.

With Gerrard gone from the Midlands helm and Beale acting as QPR manager, the stars had aligned for the vacancy - and despite turning down Premier League side Wolves just weeks before, Beale was appointed after a 13-month hiatus from Ibrox.

With him is Matthew, who was Beale's assistant in his time at QPR as they dragged the squad to sixth prior to the World Cup break; and had it not been for a poor run of form following the links to Wolves, Beale's side were in the automatic spots for the place in the Premier League.