Michael Beale reacts live on Sky Sports amid ‘Shock’ Rangers development
Michael Beale has admitted he was shocked to be offered the Rangers job, and revealed why he thinks he ultimately failed at Ibrox.
Beale spent just under a year at the club as head coach after just five months at QPR, where it went toxic after he left, before leaving in October 2023 after a poor start to the season, having overseen a squad overhaul during the summer transfer window.
And while appearing on Sky Sports Soccer Special on Good Friday (29 March), Beale admitted that he feels he “changed too much too soon” with the squad and that contributed towards him losing his job.
“I’ve got so much admiration for Rangers and I live in that part of the world as well,” he said. “It’s a fantastic football club.
“I went back in last season. It’s a shock really to be asked to go, because I felt Gio van Bronckhorst did a fantastic job. But when you’re asked to go back to Rangers, a club that meant a lot to me, the relationships, and we started so well.
“Ange Postecoglou’s Celtic, we were already nine points behind and they were going great guns.
“Going into this season it’s fair to say that we probably disrupted the group too much too soon and there was a lot of turnover of players, and on the outside. But I think Phil Clement has started and done really well.
“The potential of that group is to go on and win that league. It’s already won the League Cup and I always felt that would come through.”
Rangers did the right thing sacking Michael Beale
When Beale was appointed as manager there were plenty of people who were delighted by the decision to bring him in, and that shouldn’t be forgotten.
He also did pretty well for the most part at Ibrox, but the issue was in big games he didn’t have the experience to adapt things and get the best out of his squad and constantly came up short.
He has since struggled at Sunderland too after failing to connect with the fans, but he never really had that issue at Ibrox and in the future once the dust has settled a bit more then he should be welcome back with open arms.
His acknowledgement of making wrong decisions when it came to recruitment and the shaping of the squad is positive to see and something a lot of fans mentioned at the time and after his exit, but it shows accountability on his part.
Rangers have moved on now and are in far better hands under Philippe Clement, so they made the right decision to cut ties when they did.
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