Philippe Clement doesn't believe he can survive as Rangers boss after his side's shocking defeat to Queen's Park in the Scottish Cup, according to a body language expert.
In what has gone down as one of the biggest ever upsets in the competition, Seb Drozd scored the only goal of the game to send Callum Davidson's Championship side through to the quarter-finals.
The result has left Clement on thin ice in his role as Rangers head coach, with fans calling for him to go after the cup embarrassment.
And body language expert Darren Stanton claims Clement is a man "in turmoil" who suspects his days at Ibrox are numbered.
After analysing the manager's post-match interview with Premier Sports, Stanton told OLBG: "[Clement] is fairly confident at the start of his interview, more so than some of the other managers we have looked at under pressure this season, but he is in turmoil.
"I think he does suspect that he could be for the chop. When he's asked about it his blink rate increases and he does have quite a bit of anger going on, but directed at others.
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"It’s interesting that he seems to be blaming the team more than himself. He uses pronouns like he instead of I, and they instead of me, so he is shifting liability on to the team. When he responds to the question about his team, he seems to have been put on the back foot by it and we see more of that anger again as he goes on the defensive.
"His eyebrows come together, there’s furrow lines between his eyes and his nose, and his eyes squint a little bit. That’s a facial expression of anger as if to say 'how dare you ask that question?'
“He is putting on a reasonable front but as we go deeper into the interview we do see him shift in his anchor points. He shuffles around a lot more. He blinks a lot more and he does a lot of looking down to his right.
"We call that an auditory internal dialogue, so he’s being very conscious about what he says, more so than in the earlier parts of the interview. By the end of the interview it was like the journalist had him pinned in a corner."
While they still have the Europa League to play for, Rangers' exit from the Scottish Cup means they now face a trophy-less domestic season.
After losing the League Cup final to Celtic in December, the Gers now sit 13 points behind their rivals in the Scottish Premiership.
At the end of the Premier Sports interview, Clement was asked whether a Rangers manager can survive ending a season without silverware.
On that question, Stanton said: “Clement didn’t want to answer.
"When he pushes back against the line of questioning, that’s what we call a linguistic deflection. He doesn’t want awkward questions that he feels he has to walk back or side step later given the situation he finds himself in.
"Overall, I think in his heart I don’t think he believes he is going to stay in his job. It’s been one many mistakes, and one too many losses, even before this big shock against Queens Park.”
