Wes Foderingham insists Rangers squad are behind Graeme Murty

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Graeme Murty has won both of his games as Glasgow Rangers caretaker boss, so could he get the Ibrox post full-time?

Wes Foderingham has hinted that the Rangers squad would be in favour of Graeme Murty getting the Ibrox job full-time after the 42-year-old made a bright start to life in his second spell as Gers caretaker, the Daily Record reports.

Murty has stepped into the breach for a second time recently following Pedro Caixinha’s departure, and has done his chances of getting the job on a permanent basis no harm at all.

The Light Blues have won their two games under the retired defender. And while Foderingham did not name who he would like to see permanently succeed Caixinha, he seemed to drop a major hint that Murty would be a popular option amongst the squad.

“We’re without a permanent manager at the minute and we are winning football matches so that’s the only thing I’m concerned about,” he said, as reported by the Daily Record.

“Graeme’s standing in at the minute, and he has the support of the boys in the dressing room but that decision is not mine to make. But the boys are behind him.”

Murty deserves a huge amount of credit for the work that he has done in both spells as caretaker, taking over in difficult circumstances and restoring much of the confidence that had been lost in the latter stages of the previous managers’ tenures.

It would still arguably be a gamble to make Murty the permanent manager as his first-team management career spans just eight games to date.

But if the board give the 42-year-old more time to prove that he can do a good job over a sustained period of time, it would not be a surprise if stock continues to rise as it is clear that he is extremely popular amongst the Rangers squad.