Rangers investor Stuart Gibson insists sporting director Ross Wilson is doing a “brilliant job”, insisting the Ibrox recruitment chief “knocked it the park” with the sales of Calvin Bassey to Ajax and Joe Aribo to Southampton.
Wilson come under a savage attack by one shareholder at the club’s AGM last year with the supporter earning a huge round of applause for heavy criticism of his record in the job and he continues to come under fire from the fans over his transfers. Fans unveiled a banner during the weekend win over Kilmarnock with Wilson's face, along with managing director Stewart Robertson, in a circle with a strike through it.
But Paisley-born Gibson, the third largest single shareholder in the club, defended Wilson in a wide-ranging interview with This Is Ibrox podcast. He said: “Ross Wilson is doing a brilliant job. He doesn’t have ample resources to work with but he knocked it out the park with Bassey and Joe Aribo. They are massive home runs for the club. “There’s some signings made last summer we were unlucky with injuries and some of the players have yet to make their mark and get to know the fans but Ross Wilson has done an excellent job and continues to do so. I know in the dying days of Gio’s managerial reign with Rangers he was getting a lot of flak and it was extremely unfair.”
Gibson was introduced to Gers by former board member George Taylor and owns just over 10 per cent of the Light Blues and admitted he might consider taking up a role on the board in the future - if he’s asked. He said of those currently running the club: “These guys are devoted and passionate and their intentions are very pure so when I realised that I was content they would take care of my money but more importantly the club’s interests. There was no point in me joining the board - I wasn’t asked for a start - and wasn’t ready, I was busy, and I thought I would be an observer for a few years and if I feel I’ve got something to offer in the future I’ll maybe put my hand up. Maybe they’ll ask me, maybe they won’t.
“I took a few trips to Glasgow to get to meet the board. I’m quite intuitive when I meet people. I form an impression very quickly and 90 per cent of the time I’d say I’m right. I met them all. I liked them all. Very different people, different characters on that board but their purist intentions are to take care of Rangers and make sure we never see any of the nonsense of the last 12 years.”
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