Rangers will begin a "root and branch" review of the club's entire football department next Monday.

CEO Patrick Stewart has engaged an external company to fully assess every aspect of the football club in a process understood to take between six and 12 weeks.

Staff at the club's Milngavie training centre were informed of the plans last Tuesday with no stone to be left unturned.

Stewart explained: "Talking about the longer-term success of the club, I met with all of the football departments at Auchenhowie last Tuesday, and it was to introduce myself to them, as we'd done an all-staff at Ibrox that some couldn't attend, so I wanted to make sure that we'd done an all-staff at Auchenhowie when we could speak to everyone. But it was also to inform them that we're doing a root and branch review of the entire football department.

"Everything is in scope and it starts on Monday, Monday as in two days' time. ‘Because I think if we're honest with ourselves as a club, and on being honest to the supporters, if we look at everything in its entirety, the football club has not been where it wants to be for several years now.

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"So, we're going to review everything that we're doing at Auchenhowie and we're going to look at it from a number of different angles. So, we want to ensure that we've got structures in place to succeed. Every decision that we make needs to be focused on one goal, which is bringing success to Rangers and making our supporters proud.

He continued: "This isn't just another internal review, which will take an inordinate amount of time and produce a report that nobody ever reads. I am going to be bringing in external football people that have experience of working with clubs to help drive growth and success. I think they'll provide firepower. They'll also provide expertise so that we're not just looking at this through a Rangers lens or, in my case, a Manchester United lens.

"Also, they'll be impartial. They've got no axe to grind, no agenda, and they'll make sure that we can accelerate the process, but also, importantly, support us in executing recommendations as well, so that this doesn't become one of these reviews that everyone rolls their eyes at and says, not another one. No, this is something that I'm very focused on making a meaningful difference."