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Rangers boss Murty should considering quitting, says Dodds

Rangers manager Graeme Murty during the Scottish Premier League match between Celtic and Ranger at Celtic Park on December 30, 2017 in Glasgow, Sco...
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Rangers boss has been mistreated by board says former Ibrox player.

Rangers manager Graeme Murty during the Scottish Premier League match between Celtic and Ranger at Celtic Park on December 30, 2017 in Glasgow, Scotland.

Glasgow Rangers manager Graeme Murty must carefully consider whether he wants to stay at Ibrox, says former star Billy Dodds.

Murty appears to be on course to be replaced by Steven Gerrard after a disappointing end to the season, BBC Sport report.

He stepped up from his role as under-20s boss for the second time, but Dodds believes Murty might find it difficult to go back.

Rangers manager Graeme Murty is seen during the Ladbrokes Scottish Premiership match between Rangers and Aberdeen at Ibrox Stadium on January 24, 2018 in Glasgow, Scotland.

Murty was given the reins in a more substantial way earlier this season, only to be publicly undermined by chairman Dave King ahead of the club’s biggest game of the season a fortnight ago.

Dodds says if he was Gerrard, he would consider walking away from the club altogether.

He told Herald Scotland: “I’m not saying that he can’t go back to being the youth coach, but it’s going to be harder for Graeme now to go back there.

“I don’t think that if I had been treated like that twice and these statements come out and the way the club have handled it – he might be different – but I couldn’t personally go back into that 20s role.

“You’re trying to help out and they just bin you?”

Rangers manager Graeme Murty is seen during the Scottish Cup Quarter final match between Rangers and Hamilton Academical at Ibrox Stadium on March 4, 2017 in Glasgow, Scotland.

Murty has enhanced his reputation and he may have outgrown the position, and he could also become a distraction for Gerrard or whoever takes up the first team manager role.

He took up the manager position with real enthusiasm this time around.

He must also consider whether he would have the stomach to take up the role again if called up should Rangers’ next appointment not work out.