Rangers manager Graeme Murty will remain in interim charge at Ibrox until January.
Former Rangers striker Steven Thompson has told BBC Sportscene that appointing Graeme Murty on a full-time basis is “shortsighted” after the interim boss was told he will remain in charge until Christmas.
The Gers’ decision to install Murty until the end of the year comes after Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes opted to remain at Pittodrie, despite huge interest from the Gers and an approach on Tuesday which was rejected by chairman Stewart Milne.
Murty, 43, has been impressive since taking over for a second spell as caretaker boss, winning four of his six games in charge including two successive wins over McInnes’ Aberdeen last week.
Thompson, who also played for St. Mirren, predicted Rangers’ clash against Ross County on Saturday before stating what Murty must do to get the job. However, he does not believe Murty is qualified enough to take the Gers forward.
“I’m going for a Rangers win, back-to-back wins against Aberdeen,” Thompson said. “Can they make it three wins in a row? I think they will. 3-1 to Rangers.
“He has six games between now and January, big games, none more so than December 30 against Celtic. If he wins them all, or even if he wins a few and then wins at Parkhead and stops Celtic’s run, I think he would go quite high up in the supporters estimations.
“For me, I think is shortsighted. Nobody would have presumed that Graeme Murty would be the Rangers manager. He has no managerial experience, there is a lot of recruiting to be done.”
Murty will be looking to keep the pressure on Old Firm rivals Celtic on Saturday afternoon with a home win against Ross County, which would reduce the gap to four points before Celtic face Hibernian on Sunday.
The Gers will be looking for a repeat of their earlier 3-1 victory over Ross County in August this season, which saw Alfredo Morelos score a brace and Eduardo Herrera find the back of the net.
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