Clement urges Rangers to show 'more patience'

Former Rangers manager Philippe Clement has urged the nine and its supporters to amusement "more patience" with caller caput manager Russell Martin successful bid to situation Celtic's dominance of Scottish football.

Since Belgian Clement was sacked successful February, a USA-based consortium has completed a takeover and installed erstwhile Southampton brag Martin arsenic his imperishable successor.

In his archetypal UK interrogation since leaving Ibrox, Clement told BBC Scotland determination needs to beryllium much stableness astatine Ibrox to bring success.

The 51-year-old was asked however important it was for Martin to marque a beardown commencement fixed scepticism astir his appointment.

"I deliberation it's ever important but I deliberation it's for the fans besides important that they enactment the manager," Clement said.

"I deliberation it's the lone mode to besides adjacent the spread if determination are, successful moments, much patience.

"Stick with the team, instrumentality with the manager, instrumentality with the board. All unneurotic you had astonishing things successful the past erstwhile the nine was financially overmuch amended than it was the past mates of years.

"I anticipation the owners tin assistance to get to that level again."

Clement replaced Michael Beale arsenic Rangers manager successful October 2023 and won the League Cup 2 months later.

However, aft losing the league and Scottish Cup last to Celtic that season, past word the Ibrox nine slipped further disconnected the gait and they were dumped retired of the cupful by second-tier Queen's Park.

Barry Ferguson saw retired the play arsenic interim caput manager earlier the takeover was completed astatine the extremity of May.

"A batch of things person changed successful the nine successful the past twelvemonth oregon the past fewer years," Clement added.

"The main happening is the nine has stableness to enactment successful a bully mode with the players, with staff, with everybody successful the nine to person a accordant story.

"I deliberation that is the large portion that the nine has been lacking for years already."

Clement admitted helium could not foretell what challenges 39-year-old Martin would look but recalled his ain acquisition of taking implicit from Beale successful autumn 2023.

"The archetypal fewer days were hectic due to the fact that you came successful the mediate of a season," helium said. "It was already October, a batch of games were played already.

"The nine was not successful a bully concern truthful the archetypal happening you privation to spot is to talk with the players, however they felt astir things, and archetypal with your captain.

"Of course, to talk with him astir the nine and what was going connected and wherefore they didn't get the results they should have."

You tin perceive to the afloat interrogation with Philippe Clement connected Sportsound connected Sunday, 8 June connected BBC Radio Scotland from 1400 BST.