The big day may have come and gone already but it’s not too late for the Rangers board to give Michael Beale what he really needs this Christmas.
If they don’t have the cash to bankroll a spending spree in the January sales then the very least they can do is allow him to keep hold of what is already his. Ryan Kent, you see, just might be the gift that keeps on giving where Beale’s prospects of clutching on to Celtic’s coat-tails is concerned between now and May.
And if the men in charge of the till at Ibrox haven’t worked that one out for themselves by now then they will be in danger of short-changing their new manager before he has even settled into the job. Beale is already battling just to keep his side in contact at the top of the table but Friday night’s 1-0 win at Ross County means he has at least managed to rattle off nine points from his first three games in charge.
