View: Bennett made to look silly as contender for top job had no interest in Rangers

John Bennett has been made to look a fool once again after what St Mirren manager Stephen Robinson said regarding Jim Gillespie‘s potential move to Rangers.

It was reported by the Daily Mail [10 September] that Gillespie was the frontrunner to take the vacant CEO post left by James Bisgrove, but he has now dropped out despite entering into advanced talks.

The current St Mirren vice-chairman is understood to be a lifelong Gers fan with contacts inside Ibrox [Scottish Sun], but it has now emerged he never had any interest in making the switch to Glasgow.

Speaking to BBC Sport on Friday (13 September), Robinson said: “I know Jim’s staying. He never wavered from St Mirren the whole time that the stuff’s been in the press.”

Jim Gillespie snubs hierarchy position at Rangers

This is not the first time Bennett has been made to look silly, with the chairman constantly hammered by the fans during the summer transfer market.

Rangers bosses were said to be “stunned” after Bisgrove’s unexpected exit to Saudi Arabia this summer [Scottish Sun], having only been the club’s CEO for a little over a year.

The Gers are desperate to bring a new figure in through the Ibrox doors to help run the club, but that looks to be a much harder job than anticipated for Bennett.

The allure of working with the Gers – Scotland’s greatest club – should be enough of a factor to draw people in but that does not seem to be working, at least not with Gillespie.

Despite all the rumours linking the St Mirren man to the Rangers job, Bennett has now been left high and dry as he continues his search for a new CEO, being made to look a fool once again.

In other Rangers news, Barry Ferguson has named one player who simply has to start v Dundee United.

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