Late on Tuesday night the smart money began piling in on Michael Beale being confirmed as the next manager of Rangers. By breakfast time on Wednesday, even those with a tendency to be a bit slower on the uptake had the Englishman’s return nailed down as a fait accompli.
So, unless almost everyone else is wrong and Ross Wilson and Stewart Robertson have some sort of surprise wild card up their sleeve, ready to pull out at the eleventh hour, it does feel inevitable now Beale will be back at Ibrox sooner rather than later.
And most probably before the weekend, in order that he can get preparations under way for Monday morning’s return to training at Auchenhowie. Good luck to the guy. He’s going to need it. Because, having been not much more than five minutes in his first ever managerial position, he is about to walk back into a club which is devoid of any sense of leadership and in desperate need of a root and branch restructuring from the top down.
