Michael Beale has dropped the first hint that Rangers are to abolish the Director of Football position with the admission he’s taking over on transfers and will become more of a ‘manager’ than just a coach.
Speaking prior to this weekend’s St Mirren clash, Beale explained that despite Ross Wilson’s exit, he will now see through the rest of the work himself, which is the first step in his duties increasing and Beale becoming a classic ‘manager’.
He said:
In short, he’s going to complete the work himself, like a manager would.
But he goes on:
This is the most telling part, Beale effectively admitting he will fill the void left by Wilson, meaning he will cover more of the proper ‘manager’ role and will be less ‘pure coach’, and he even makes the admission that replacing Wilson directly is no certainty.
This is good news, if true. We know Beale is prone to talking out of his rear end most of the time, so we always take his comments with a sack of saxa, but nevertheless we’d be very happy to see no new Director of Football and Beale being the proper manager, in charge of his own transfers and deals.
It’s his team, his build, a suit should have nothing to do with it.