Simon Jordan destroys Michael Beale, claims he’ll get backside handed to him by Celtic at Rangers
Michael Beale only committed to QPR because Wolves didn’t tell him what he wanted to hear and will fail badly at Rangers, according to Simon Jordan.
The new Ibrox boss is still catching heavy flack for his decision to leave Loftus Road just weeks after reaffirming his loyalty to the club in the face of the approach from Molineux, to become the 18th manager of Rangers on 28 November.
And former Crystal Palace chairman Jordan has given him another hammering by suggesting he has no hope of challenging Celtic, even as Hoops hero Martin O’Neill chose to be far more magnanimous after questions from Jim White.
Speaking live on talkSPORT on Wednesday morning (7 December, 11.44am) Jordan said: “Whatever decision he makes I hope he gets precisely what he deserves.
“His disingenuity [sic] about making these grandiose statements five weeks ago suggests that Wolverhampton Wanderers didn’t tell him what he wanted to hear.”
He went on: “This guy, in my view will get his backside handed to him by Celtic.
“He’s got an incredible job to go up there and do because I think Celtic are lightyears away from Rangers at this moment in time, both in the dugout and in the financial sections.
“I think he’s going to reap what he sows. That’s his choice. There’s too many football managers that don’t understand the principles of not taking every opportunity rather than the right opportunity.”
Time will tell
Until Beale gets his players out on the pitch in front of the fans there will be no way of telling if he is going to have the affect on performances that is hoped for.
The huge Old Firm derby in the new year at Ibrox, after just a handfull of games as boss, will be an indicator of whether Jordan is right or whether Beale is.
If it’s the former then there is absolutely zero chance that the talkSPORT pundit doesn’t make a fair bit of noise about it in the aftermath, as will plenty of other detractors.
But Beale’s relationship with Rangers has made the criticism something he was willing to risk, and the fans and board will back him all the way if he gets results.
There is clearly a significant gap between the two Glasgow rivals, as evidenced by the league table and the fact that Giovanni van Bronckhorst was sacked in the first place.
Nobody outside of Rangers will be given Beale much of a chance to remedy that in the short term, but he absolutely has to make progress quickly.
The pressure is well and truly on but the new boss has backed himself and now has to deliver.
In other Rangers news, Van Bronckhorst did one thing last season that made a member of the squad “proper, proper angry”.