Former Rangers striker Kris Boyd has voiced his dissatisfaction with the club’s current direction under Philippe Clement, criticising the management team for failing to live up to the standards expected at Ibrox.
Boyd, who spent a significant portion of his career at Rangers, believes the Light Blues’ inconsistency and underperformance under the Belgian this season stems back to their failure to win the Scottish Premiership last time around from a commanding position.
Boyd’s frustration erupted as he refuted what he called the “myth” surrounding Rangers’ recent struggles and questioned why CEO Patrick Stewart failed to make the decision to relieve Clement of his duties after their embarrassing Scottish Cup exit to Queen’s Park.
After Rangers going through multiple managers over the past few years, contributing to widespread cost-cutting, previous chairman John Bennett unexpectedly awarded Clement a contract extension in August 2024, signalling his dedication to breaking the cycle of repetitive managerial changes that led to the dismissals of both Giovanni van Bronckhorst and Michael Beale.
However, Boyd has dismissed the notion that Clement should be granted additional time in his position due to past mismanagement issues and reckons the board should listen to the majority of the Rangers support who want him sacked.
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“I'm not buying into this myth, to be honest,” Boyd said.
“Everyone's saying you can't keep changing managers... but you have to until you get the right one. People forget, Rangers at one point last year were favourites to win the league and managed to mess it up.
"There's been an overhaul recently because they had to cut back. If you can look at the manager and say there's players improving, then carry on. But as it stands right now, I don't see that. I see a team that's struggling, I see a team that's lacking identity.
“You're hoping something's going to happen at Rangers, and at Celtic you go onto the pitch and make things happen. You force the opposition. I don't see that at Rangers. I just see a team hoping that something's going to happen.”
