February 24 – Scottish giants Rangers have sacked under-fire coach Philippe Clement within the aftermath of back-to-back dwelling defeats, the newest being Saturday’s 2-0 setback towards St Mirren.
Clement, 50, had been dealing with mounting stress all through a dismal marketing campaign and the Scottish Premiership membership have now put the Belgian out of his distress after lower than two years in cost.
“Rangers Soccer Membership can verify it has tonight parted firm with males’s first-team supervisor, Philippe Clement,” a membership assertion stated.
“The membership want to placed on document their honest due to Philippe for his onerous work and dedication throughout his spell in cost. An extra replace from the membership will observe sooner or later.”
Rangers’ humiliating Scottish Cup exit towards second tier Queen’s Park two weeks in the past left Clement in a determined battle to keep away from the axe. However a primary dwelling loss to St Mirren since 1991 proved to be the ultimate straw amid rising fan unrest.
Clement, the previous Membership Brugge and Monaco coach, had described the show towards St Mirren as “by far the worst I’ve seen in on a regular basis I’ve been right here”.
Second-placed Rangers are at present 13 factors behind arch-rivals Celtic within the league and though Clement has led them to the final 16 of the Europa League, the place they may face Fenerbahce, they’re set to finish the season and not using a home trophy.
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