Rangers icon Brian Laudrup insists Gio Van Bronckhorst is entitled to his Rangers opinion but believes the under-fire Ibrox manager's body language is off.
The Dutchman branded Laudrup 's assertion he'd thrown in the towel in "stupid" but the pressure remains on after the Ibrox side's stuttering draw with St Mirren leaves them nine points adrift of runaway leaders Celtic. A sizeable section of the Rangers support believe Van Bronckhorst's time is up but Record Sport understands no boardroom talks have taken place over the manager's future despite the Premiership entering a five-week break for the World Cup.
And Laudrup is adamant Van Bronckhorst's perceived downbeat body language is not what players want as they try to weather the storm amid a wonky run of results which includes six defeats in the worst Champions League campaign in history. Speaking in his Daily Mail column, he said: "Last week, I spoke about Van Bronckhorst's body language, his whole demeanour, really and whether it looked as though he truly believed he could turn things around in terms of recent performances and results.