Ibrox club Glasgow Rangers appointed Pedro Caixinha last month following the departure of Mark Warburton, now at Nottingham Forest, in February.
Santos Laguna president Alejandro Irarrogorri has told The Scottish Sun that new Rangers manager Pedro Caixinha is very different to Mark Warburton.
Warburton, now in charge of Nottingham Forest in the Championship in England, parted company with Rangers in February.
Caixinha, who is 46 years of age, was appointed as the Englishman’s successor at Ibrox last month.
The Portuguese coach was the manager of Mexican club Santos Laguna from 2013 until 2015.
Santos Laguna president Irarrogorri has praised Caixinha and has suggested that he is not like Warburton.
Rangers chairman Dave King told Sky Sports last month that Warburton was too thin-skinned for the Glasgow giants.
“You tell me the Rangers chairman criticised the previous manager for being thin-skinned — well, I’d say Pedro has one of the hardest skins of anyone I know,” Irarragorri told The Scottish Sun.
“He is as tough as a rock. Pedro is a man with a lot of character and won’t be afraid to make tough or drastic decisions.
“He’ll always defend his football ideology and his methods of work. Sometimes his decisions would be unpopular with fans he will never back down and he will never show any weakness.
“But he always had a strong connection with our supporters and I am sure that will be true at Rangers as well.”
Rangers are third in the Scottish Premiership table at the moment with 51 points from 30 matches, 13 points behind second-placed Aberdeen.
The Gers will return to action on Wednesday evening when they take on Kilmarnock away from home at Rugby Park in the league.
For Rangers to finish second in the league this season, they have to pick up all three points from this evening’s match.
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