With the departure of former Director of Football Ross Wilson now complete, how does this change at Ibrox affect Rangers manager Michael Beale, particularly his summer budget?
Rangers fans are wondering how the Director of Football, who is the pivot of transfers, will affect the manager’s summer task now that Wilson has left Govan for the final time.
What is the truth?
There was no discernible impact. Except for one, which, admittedly, is a doozy.
All players being scouted by Rangers will continue to be scouted, all targets will be monitored, and in terms of budget, Wilson’s departure has no effect on what Rangers have at our disposal and will have in the future.
The big difference now is that instead of Wilson handling the inevitable sales of Glen Kamara and anyone else the Rangers want to cash in on, others will be promoted to negotiate price and details with potential suitors.
Despite our reservations about the potential loss of £12 million in market value, Wilson managed to secure £37 million for three players – Bassey, Aribo, and Patterson – and signed long-gone Juninho Bacuna for nothing, not to mention a £1 million outlay on Ianis Hagi.
Wilson was quite adept at negotiating favorable terms on the Rangers’ behalf, even after accounting for the ‘loss’ on those three major sales last year.
So that kind of negotiating skill is no longer available, and Rangers will have to find a new way to work with suitors and even clubs of teams we’re interested in buying and selling.
Simply put, that was the DoF’s job, and now Rangers lack a negotiator – of course, the department has a team of staff, so the football sector has a hierarchy, and someone will take up that mantle in the absence of a DoF.
Or Michael Beale will become involved.
Nobody knows.
It has no financial impact, but it could have a significant impact on negotiations..
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