Michael Beale's 'mind games' of comparing his squad's investment to rivals Celtic could be viewed as a nudge to the Rangers board.
That is the view of former Ibrox defender Alan Hutton who believes the Light Blues boss was always going to stir the spot when his side are chasing the Scottish champions. Nine points is the difference on the park but off the field Ange Postecoglou has made four January recruits, topping off the arrivals of Alistair Johnston, Yuki Kobayashi and Tomoki Iwata with the newest signing in Oh Hyeon-Gyu.
Meanwhile Beale has recruited Todd Cantwell from Norwich City on a long-term deal and is eyeing the likes of midfielder Nicolas Raskin and forward Morgan Whittaker but no deals have been struck. The Ibrox gaffer previously claimed Celtic had 'spent a lot of money' and that his counterpart Postecoglou was a 'lucky man'.
