McDowall: “I don’t care about Magath, but promote Durrant”
Interim Rangers manager Kenny McDowall has strongly distanced
himself from today’s discussions at Ibrox with Felix Magath and any potential new
manager.
Asked what he felt about the discussions
with shareholder Magath, McDowall said:
“Well I think it’s really the board’s
decision. They’ve managed to get themselves in control of the club and it’s
fantastic for them. Obviously everybody knows what my situation is; they’re
quite entitled to speak to whoever they want to speak to regarding the manager
position. It’s their right to do that. So I’ll just wait and see and carry on
with my duties as I’m doing at the present.”
However he has advocated the
restoration of Under 20s coach Ian Durrant to the senior coaching setup.
“Ian Durrant got put down to the youth
department which wasn’t the best thing to happen and I would like to look at
getting Ian back up alongside myself and Gordon and see where that takes us.
Jim Stewart is there as well, the goalkeeper coach, so we’ve all had to muck in
at this difficult time. We’ve all done our best to try and keep going and keep
in contention for promotion.”
If ever ‘the Old Pals Act’
existed in a microcosm, it was this. At a time where Rangers’ new regime are
looking to build for the future, guys like McDowall want their stale old
buddies back in control.
Do not expect Lee McCulloch to
ever lose his starting slot while McDowall remains in charge.