Graeme Souness set to ‘get his way’ at Rangers after Jim White shares update he learned Friday as ‘things are moving’
Graeme Souness is heading back to Rangers in an “advisory capacity” but with “influence behind the scenes”, according to Jim White.
The talkSPORT host shared the update on Go Radio’s The Football Show (20 October) that the former Ibrox player and manager was “going to get his way” after previous discussions with James Bisgrove regarding an ambassadorial post.
But, while there is some way to go, White says the former Sky Sports pundit can be “much more effective than that” and he had learned the same afternoon that “things are moving” towards a more meaningful return.
White told Paul Cooney, as per the Daily Record: “I understand it is increasingly likely that he is going to go back to the club in some kind of advisory role. There was talk about an ambassador role – but that is not Souness; shaking hands with people on a match day.
“He could be much, much more effective than that and I think he is going to get his way. The way I heard it this afternoon, things are moving.
“It will be in some kind of advisory capacity. There is a bit of talking to go yet. He is in Portugal just now playing some golf as I understand it, but it won’t [just] be an advisory role. It will be an influence behind the scenes, that is my learning of it.”
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With Rangers having managed to squander the position they had fought so hard for under Steven Gerrard by ceding ground to Celtic and getting themselves into a cycle of hiring and firing managers the need for change is clear.
There aren’t many figures with the kind of standing around the club that Souness can claim so if he is willing to get back involved in a meaningful way it sounds like an opportunity the hierarchy can’t pass up.
They may have previously been reticent to cede too much influence to a man like the 70-year-old, who is likely to command more respect with any fan than the likes of Bisgrove or John Bennett, whatever their own merits.
But after giving strong backing to Michael Beale only to see that project blow up in their faces, it would appear that they have taken the hint and are set to turn back to Souness.
Supporters will have to hope that his time in the media hasn’t left him out of touch with the actual runnings of a club like Rangers and he can have the necessary impact.
The season has got off to a pretty dismal start and the Gers have found themselves resetting once more, but with Philippe Clement in as manager and a big name potentially on his way in to help behind the scenes perhaps they can turn the situation around.
In other Rangers news, a Sky Sports pundit believes the new boss can secure himself some new signings in January if he does one thing.