Ibrox side Glasgow Rangers must splash the cash this summer, claims Kris Commons.
Kris Commons has written in The Daily Mail that Rangers might need to spend as much as £15 million on players this summer to compete with Celtic next season.
Celtic are closing in on a seventh successive Premiership title after beating Ross County 3-0 at Parkhead on Saturday to move 12 points clear of the second-placed Gers, who have also played one game more.
Brendan Rodgers’s side finished a massive 39 points clear of their Old Firms rivals last season and although the gap has clearly been bridged to some extent, there is still plenty of work to do for Rangers in regards to stopping the Hoops’ goal of winning 10 Premiership titles in a row.
Under former manager Pedro Caixinha, Rangers signed up several players for seven-figure transfer fees, having relied on bargain basement talents 12 months previous under Mark Warburton.
Despite their expenditure, it would appear as if Rodgers and co are still on another level and Commons says that a budget between £10 million and £15 million is needed for Graeme Murty’s successor, if the former Reading defender does not earn the job on a long-term basis.
“They need a manager who’s going to make the same kind of impact as Brendan Rodgers. And £10-£15million of investment just to compete with Celtic – never mind win the title,” he told The Daily Mail.
“It needs to be a strong, high-profile manager. One who makes Rodgers, Derek McInnes and Neil Lennon realise Rangers are going to be a different prospect from now on.
“The fact is, I don’t think they have the resources or money to bring in a high-profile manager, pay him what he wants and invest in the squad to the extent they are going need to compete. I think they can only do one or the other.”
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