David Edgar has expressed his relief following Philippe Clement’s announcement that Rangers will undergo a summer of change when the season concludes.

David Edgar has expressed his relief following Philippe Clement’s announcement that Rangers will undergo a summer of change when the season concludes.

David Edgar has expressed his relief following Philippe Clement’s announcement that Rangers will undergo a summer of change when the season concludes. The Heart & Hand host reacted on Twitter on May 13th, following the Belgian’s news conference in which he announced that 11 players are unavailable for the Dundee visit and hinted that work has been underway for months to stage a “turnaround” at Ibrox.

Edgar is thrilled that there will be a second transfer market revamp in a year, with the Scottish Premiership championship all but gone following the weekend’s away defeat to Celtic. He wrote, with a celebratory dancing emoji, “First admission from PC of significant summer modifications. Because, by Christ, there must be. Rangers’ transfer window will be hectic again It wasn’t meant to be this way this year, after Michael Beale was assigned the task of overseeing the essential transition from the old guard to the young last summer.

The free transfers of Alfredo Morelos, Allan McGregor, Ryan Kent, Scott Arfield, and Filip Helander were supposed to signal a radical overhaul at Ibrox, but despite much activity, Rangers are in the same position under Clement a year later. Following a third Old Firm derby without a win for the Belgian, there may be growing concern that he may follow in his predecessor’s footsteps.

Crucially for Clement he has revived a season that looked lost under Beale using the same players, and did something the Englishman never did in winning a trophy, but having looked like he had everything under control at Rangers for some months the end to the campaign is threatening to undercut that.

The Scottish Cup final against Celtic could mean the difference between the Light Blues going into their latest summer rebuild with optimism or pessimism around the manager, as a defeat would mean another trophy missed, a fourth attempt at Brendan Rodgers’ side without a win, and a worrying sense that the club is in the same position as it was under Beale.

No manager is perfect, but while the temptation was to blame the players as the fantastic early-2024 form faded, Clement has made mistakes, which means he must share responsibility. A derby victory at Hampden and a successful transfer window are now his best chances to break the cycle that has plagued the club since Steven Gerrard left for Aston Villa.

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