Stuart McCall: “Lee is droppable”
Stuart McCall has today attempted
to dispel claims Lee McCulloch has an immunity clause in his contract preventing him from being dropped ‘tactically’.
to dispel claims Lee McCulloch has an immunity clause in his contract preventing him from being dropped ‘tactically’.
In his press conference, McCall
discussed his importance as a captain, but that Rangers need several captains,
and explicitly denied McCulloch cannot be dropped:
discussed his importance as a captain, but that Rangers need several captains,
and explicitly denied McCulloch cannot be dropped:
“Of course the captain’s a leader, but we
need more leaders. I’ve said it many times in football, leadership in football
is a dying breed. But the captain’s always important but that doesn’t mean to
say he’s not droppable.”
need more leaders. I’ve said it many times in football, leadership in football
is a dying breed. But the captain’s always important but that doesn’t mean to
say he’s not droppable.”
Crucially, McCall did not
actually deny the existence of a clause preventing McCulloch from being
dropped, his wording was a tad more vague and seemed to cover captains in
football in general rather than Lee McCulloch directly.
actually deny the existence of a clause preventing McCulloch from being
dropped, his wording was a tad more vague and seemed to cover captains in
football in general rather than Lee McCulloch directly.
He further expressed McCulloch’s
importance to his team in advance of the crunch clash at Easter Road on Sunday:
importance to his team in advance of the crunch clash at Easter Road on Sunday:
“He needs to
lead from the front, but we need to all be captains, we need to all take
responsibility”
lead from the front, but we need to all be captains, we need to all take
responsibility”