Rangers have confirmed the appointment of Philippe Clement as their new manager. The 49-year-old arrives at Ibrox following the departure of Michael Beale initially of the month.
He inherits a Rangers facet who’re joint-second within the Premiership, seven factors behind Celtic, the league leaders and defending champions.
Clement advised the Rangers web site: “I am honoured to have been appointed as the new manager of Rangers and I’d like to thank the board for giving me this opportunity. I am hugely excited by this chance to achieve success at one of Europe’s most iconic clubs across four competitions in what remains of this season and beyond. I am looking forward to meeting with the players in the coming days and to meeting our supporters at next Saturday’s home match with Hibernian, as we set out together to create a successful, winning Rangers.”
The Rangers chairman, John Bennett, added: “I want to supply my heat congratulations to Philippe as he turns into our 19th manager. His appointment comes on the finish of a fastidiously deliberate and complete recruitment course of.
“A workforce led by our CEO James Bisgrove, members of the board, and former Rangers participant and manager Graeme Souness, has spent the final 10 days interviewing a number of excessive calibre candidates, with these people present process a rigorous interview and vetting course of. We thank all candidates for his or her curiosity within the place.
“Philippe proved to be the excellent candidate throughout all the important thing standards, bolstered by his monitor file of profitable titles and I want him each success as he leads us ahead.”
After taking part in at Genk and Club Brugge, with a spell at Coventry in between, Clement received the Belgian Pro League as a manager with each groups and gained Champions League expertise with Club Brugge. He was capped 38 instances by his nation as a participant.
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After his spells in Belgium, Clement then took over at Monaco in January 2022. They completed third in his first half season however he departed the Ligue 1 membership in June this 12 months after lower than a 12 months and a half in cost.