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John Gilligan rejects Rangers 'lacking leadership' claims as he gives CEO search update and confirms another UEFA fine
Interim Rangers chairman John Gilligan has hit out at claims the club is lacking leadership.
Director of football operations Creag Robertson is set to become the latest of the Ibrox hierarchy to quit the club. His departure comes after former CEO James Bisgrove - who is yet to be replaced - ducked out to make the move to Saudi Arabia, and chairman John Bennett, who stepped down this season due to health reasons.
That's lead to questions over the level of direction coming right from the very top with a number of key positions vacant or temporarily filled, with Philippe Clement seeing the number of decision makers higher up the food chain dwindling rapidly as he tries to turn things around on the pitch. But in his latest update, Gilligan has assured fans the club is in good hands under himself and fellow board member George Letham and that the search for a new chief exec is progressing.
"I can confirm Director of Football Operations Creag Robertson will leave in the coming weeks to pursue new opportunities," he said. "We must thank Creag for his contribution in several roles since he joined the club in 2016 and we wish him well in his future endeavours.
"With Creag moving on, I have seen some reports of the club being without leadership. I can assure you that is not the case with George Letham and myself, who have deep knowledge of business and our great club, working tirelessly alongside our executive management team to continue to drive the club forward. Nils Koppen, our Director of Football Recruitment, highlighted in an interview last week that planning for the January transfer window is well underway."
Gilligan also confirmed that the club have been slapped with yet another UEFA fine for the use of pyro. The Light Blues will have to fork out €13,750 after fans once again used pyro during the 4-1 Europa League defeat to Lyon, hot on the heels of €19,000 penalty for a similar incident away to Malmo last month.
"After a fantastic result in Malmo, we were all disappointed with the Europa League result against Lyon, but I was proud to see the supporters staying with Philippe and the team until the final whistle. The biggest disappointment of that evening, however, was the actions of a small minority of supporters, whose use of pyrotechnics at the match has seen the club fined €13,750 by UEFA. This is in addition to a €19,000 fine for a similar incident in the match with Malmo.
"My message is the use of pyrotechnics must stop and stop now at all of our matches home and away! Not only could the repercussions become ever-larger for the club, many supporters have difficulty coping with the effects of pyrotechnics, whether that be the smoke or loud bangs they produce. It is desperately unfair for any Rangers supporter to come to a match and be affected in such a manner."
