Michael Beale must acknowledge the perception but quickly dismisses the conspiracy theory. He is now in the right place at the right time.
A return to Glasgow and to Ibrox had been some weeks, months even, in the making for Beale. There was nothing sinister, he insists, about the moment that he chose as he watched the Premiership win over Aberdeen in late October.
The situation was delicate. Giovanni van Bronckhorst was under increasing pressure and Beale was already being touted as a potential successor following an impressive start to his managerial career at Queens Park Rangers.
