Philippe Clement has been sacked as the Rangers manager after 16 months in charge following damaging back-to-back home defeats. The Belgian has been under extreme pressure since the humiliating Scottish Cup exit at the hands of the Scottish Championship side Queen’s Park a fortnight ago, and a first Ibrox loss to St Mirren since 1991 on Saturday proved to be the final straw for the board.
Clement departs Rangers – 13 points adrift of their city rivals Celtic at the top of the Scottish Premiership – at a time when the club are in talks about a multimillion-pound investment by a United States-led consortium which includes Paraag Marathe, president of 49ers Enterprises and chairman of Leeds United.
