Honest Michael Beale has revealed it's his ultimate goal to return to Glasgow and manage Rangers one day. But the QPR boss knows he's got a lot to learn before he can throw himself into the mix to replace Gio van Bronckhorst.
Beale is credited with a huge role in helping the Ibrox side win title 55 and he followed Steven Gerrard to Aston Villa last year. But this summer, he decided to step out of the shadow of the Liverpool icon and go it along after taking the reins at QPR. It's been hailed as an ambitious appointment from the west London side and Beale is determined to make his own name.
If he could map out his career from here, however, he admits he'd love to return to Ibrox as the main man. Beale says his connection with the club and the fans means he has a desire to manage the club where he spent three years as a coach alongside Gerrard and Gary McAllister and helped deliver that historic title win.
He said in the Mail on Sunday : "I would like to manage Rangers one day. I would like to think I have enough of an allegiance with the club and fans but it's one thing wanting to do it and another to be competent and good enough. I was good enough to be a decent assistant. Time will tell whether I have the ingredients and qualities to be a good enough manager that I could go back there.
"I feel like I can do that job but Rangers are in such a good place now that they will have no shortage of top managers wanting that job. I hope Rangers never go back to what we inherited. Because it took a lot to get them where they are now. I can only see bright things in the future with people like John Bennett and Ross Wilson at the club."
While in Scotland, Beale was linked with various top jobs including Inverness. He opted not to step out from under Gerrard until QPR made him an offer he couldn't refuse, but he doesn't rule out taking over another "big" Scottish club if the opportunity arises.
"I have been offered a few jobs (in Scotland) and although my allegiance is to one at the moment, that doesn't rule out the other clubs. If in future, I am deemed good enough to manage one of the big clubs in Scotland, I had enough of a nice time there to consider it."
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