Graeme Murty has a message for Rangers fans

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Ibrox club Glasgow Rangers are still looking for a permanent successor to Pedro Caixinha at the Gers, while Brendan Rodgers’s Celtic continue to prosper.

Rangers caretaker-manager Graeme Murty has told The Telegraph that it is important for the club to appoint the right boss.

Murty, who has been in charge of the Rangers first team since the departure of Pedro Caixinha, has underlined the importance of not letting Old Firm rivals Celtic get too far ahead.

Celtic are the dominant force in Scotland at the moment and are pretty much guaranteed to win the Scottish Premiership title yet again this season.

The Bhoys have taken their game to the next level under manager Brendan Rodgers, who will be determined to see his team go this season unbeaten, just as they did in 2016-17.

Rangers caretaker-manager Murty has admitted that not getting the right man in charge of the Gers could see Old Firm rivals Celtic pull further away and has also sent a message to the Ibrox faithful.

“The last thing we want is for the other guys across town to get further away from us,” Murty told The Telegraph. “We want to close the gap.

“We want to get in to European football regularly. If we get the next five years right, this club is a massive club, an epic name.

“We want to get it back to where it deserves to be. This is the key signing for the next three years at the football club.

“If it takes a couple of weeks more than the fans would like, to make sure we move forward, then I would ask them for a bit of understanding.

“I know people want things sorted out and I know they want a resolution now, but the correct resolution would be better for the football club than a hasty one.”

Meanwhile, former Rangers star Barry Ferguson has praised Gers chairman Dave King for bringing stability to the club, but he has asked whether he can actually run it.

“Dave King and the rest of the directors will always have my respect and admiration for what they have done for my football club,” Ferguson wrote in The Daily Record.

“They didn’t just win control of it when they forced the last lot of muppets out. They absolutely saved it.

“For that act alone, I will always owe them a debt of gratitude. Every Rangers fan I know feels the exact same way.

“But, more than two years on, there comes a point when you have to hold them to account and ask a simple question: ‘Now you’ve saved the club, can you actually run it?’”