Two big decisions; have Rangers’ board already taken action?

Rangers’ board already has two big calls to make for next season, but if recent reports are anything to go by, one of them has already been made.

The big decision rests on two key men in the Ibrox ranks whose presence or otherwise could well define Rangers’ season next campaign;

Graeme Murty and Alfredo Morelos.

As yet, we simply don’t know if Rangers’ chiefs want to stick with Murty or twist and take the chance to get a proper manager. This is not to smear Murty completely, but he’s a rookie boss promoted from the youth ranks and recent results have not done his case for permanent appointment any good at all.

Meanwhile the pursuit for Preston’s Louis Moult suggest strongly the directors intend to cash in on Morelos (who wants to leave as much as they want the money) this summer and sign up the ex-Motherwell man as well as securing Jason Cummings permanently.

So the key decisions are ‘stick with Murty?’ and ‘sell Morelos?’.

For what our opinion is worth, Murty has shown certain competence in the role – his record up till the Celtic match was rather good this calendar year, including wins over Aberdeen and Hearts.

It came badly unstuck though when we look at the teams to have beaten us – Celtic, Hibs and Killie – overall the best three sides in the SPL these days, outwith ourselves. That litmus test was big, and Murty failed.

To step in the right direction probably needs an experienced manager who can lift the squad to the next level – Murty, for our money, has already peaked and done as well as he can, and we cannot see this club growing much more under him. We suspect the board feel the same.

As for Morelos – he wants to leave, simple enough. His ambition is England and to his credit at least he signed the year extension to give us a higher transfer fee for him. But he will be going. Therefore Rangers’ board appears to be planning for life without him in their courting of Moult, who may just form a rather dynamic partnership with Cummings – a big strong physical unit like Moult alongside a more mobile and technically brilliant striker like Cummings.

One decision does seem to have been made already. We shall see if the other follows suit