Michael Beale says he will pick up the work of Ross Wilson's sporting director role in the immediate aftermath of the latter's Rangers exit.
The 39-year-old is moving back to England with English Premier League side Nottingham Forest, having previously had stints at Southampton and Watford. He moved to Ibrox in 2019 and while his reign has included two record sales, a Premiership title and a run to the Europa League final, Wilson has been with fan protests this year amid his transfer recruitment work coming under scrutiny.
Beale has plenty of time for his now former colleague but with the support of new chairman John Bennett and managing director Stewart Robertson, he will be the one who fills his void for now. He told Rangers TV ahead of facing St Mirren on Saturday: "He’s a person who I spoke to the most out of anyone at Rangers, and he was between me and the board. I feel that I’ve lost a good ally.
“I will fill that void as manager and oversee some of the departments at the moment, strongly supported by Stewart Robertson, John Bennett and the rest of the board. We have a really experienced staff.
"Ross allowed people to flourish in their roles as heads of department. There’s only a small portion of the season to go and then we’ll assess everything in the summer as any club would in terms of their structure.
"Nothing changes massively in terms of the team preparation, the training and how we’re going to play and approach games as that’s on me and my management team. We’ve trained well this week and it’s work as normal in that sense.”
