Ibrox View: Rangers stance on Clement sack already shared amid Ibrox exit calls

Philippe Clement is truly facing the pressure at Ibrox following Rangers’ disappointing 1-0 defeat to Kilmarnock.

The Light Blues looked massively off of the pace at Rugby Park on Sunday (20 October) as Derek McInnes’ side confidently kept the Gers at arm’s length before snatching a late winner through Marley Watkins.

Clement’s side missed the chance to close the gap to Celtic and Aberdeen at the top of the Premiership table and the manner of the defeat has left some fans questioning whether or not the Belgian is the right man to take the Gers forward.

What has happened to Philippe Clement and Rangers at Ibrox?

Although the suggestion from pundits has been that the supporters could get the 50-year-old sacked if they were to demand his exit [Chris Sutton, 21 October], the Ibrox board’s stance on sacking the manager may have already been revealed.

Clement and the Light Blues shocked fans and journalists alike on the eve of the new Premiership season by handing the Rangers boss a new contract to extend his stay in Glasgow beyond his previous deal.

While that new deal will still have exit clauses included for both parties, Mark Guidi at the time suggested the contract decision showed the Gers board wouldn’t be making another change in the dugout.

Speaking on The Go Radio Football Show (5 August, 12:50) the former Sunday Mail journalist said: “I said it last week or the week before, John Bennett’s statement is preparing the Rangers support for pain and telling them to be patient.

“You can’t keep sacking the manager because Giovanni van Bronckhorst was a good manager, Michael Beale I’m not so sure about, Clement is a good manager so it’s not all about the manager.

“It’s the tools they’re given to work with, they’re having to downsize so nobody has got a magic wand at their hand.

“The unfortunate thing for Rangers, their manager, their supporters and their board is that Celtic have got tens and tens of millions in the bank. They’ve got a first-class manager who has worked with the team, has a good harmony going and has winners in it.”

Will Philippe Clement get sacked at Rangers?

Although Bennett is no longer the Gers’ chairman, the decision to hand Clement that new contract will have been made by the entire board rather than Bennett himself.

If Guidi’s assessment of the situation is correct, it feels unlikely that Clement will be going anywhere anytime soon.

The contract extension was a message to fans to tell them to be patient and back the manager and unless something drastic happens, that message probably won’t change off of the back of a few disappointing results.

In other Rangers news, Robin Propper has baffled one pundit with what he did for the Gers during their defeat to Kilmarnock

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