Alan Shearer has warned Philippe Clement he knew the rules when taking the Rangers job as the pressure mounts on the Belgian.

Last weekend's Scottish Cup exit at home to Queen's Park has supporters calling for his head, although the Ibrox board have maintained radio silence since the Spiders sprung their historic shock and are standing by the Light Blues' boss in the face of fan fury. Now Alan Shearer has weighed on on Clement 's future, and while the former Newcastle boss claims he would never call for someone to be sacked, he's issued a reminder that Clement knows the risks of such results when in charge of a club like Gers.

Shearer was in the posh seats to see Rangers thump Celtic 3-0 shortly after New Year. And the former England captain is shocked to see the Govan club go from such a high to one of the lowest points in their history in such a short space of time.

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"I saw Rangers’ result in the Scottish Cup against Queens Park, I was also there at Ibrox at the start of the year when Rangers battered Celtic 3-0," he told Betfair. "It's amazing when you can go from the high of that kind of win to the low of such a defeat in the space of just six weeks.

"You know the rule when you go into Rangers or Celtic: you have to win. You're up against your biggest rivals, and if your biggest rivals beat you consistently like Celtic are; then if you go into a cup competition and go out like they did, then you're going to be under huge pressure.

"I'm not one for saying that he should be sacked and I never will say that about managers, because I get how tough it is. However, you know the rules and are under massive pressure at these clubs. You run the risk of losing your job with results like that loss against Queens Park."