Rangers fans react on Twitter to Warburton resignation confusion

Fri 10 February 2017 22:42, UK

By Harvey Byrne

Rangers fans were seemingly left as confused as Mark Warburton after the club shared that it had accepted the resignation from the manager.

The Gers fans were calling for the senior man to lose his job after the club’s 1-1 draw with Ross County on Saturday.

However, they could not have foreseen this current scenario with the official Rangers Twitter account revealing that they had accepted the resignation of the manager alongside Frank McParland and David Weir.

Rangers has accepted the resignations of manager Mark Warburton, assistant David Weir & the Club’s head of recruitment Frank McParland.
— Rangers Football Club (@RangersFC) February 10, 2017

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Meanwhile, the Warburton himself has said that he has not stepped down and that he is now consulting his legal team.

This has caused mass confusion and speculation among the Gers fan base and while some on social media have seen the funny side of it, others have not.

A large number felt as though the official site was hacked due to the timing of the post (9.05pm), while others shared that he seemed fine in the earlier press conference.

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Here are a selection of their messages on Twitter:

I really feel like going to #Ibrox just now to get answers #Rangers #warburton #WATP
What's this talk about the club website being hacked?
— Chunky (@Sevconian5088) February 10, 2017

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Going by Warburton's presser earlier, looks and sounded like a man who's going nowhere.
Board trying to FORCE them to resign?
— D ???????? T (@Derek_Tennant) February 10, 2017

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but why would warburton deny hes resigned? if he was gonna resign in next day or so he wouldnt deny it
— ????Adam⚪Sharp???? (@AdamDavidSharp) February 10, 2017

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Why would warburton be in London to speak to transfer targets then the next day resign. Impossible surely.
— Rangers Loyal (@_Rangers_loyal_) February 10, 2017

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Obviously if we lose to Morton on Sunday Warburton, Weir and McPartland will resign. Just someone's sent the tweet a tad early ????
— Billy Kersse (@BillyKersse) February 10, 2017

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Don't understand why Warburton would do a press conference today then resign hours later.
— Jack McKelvie ???? (@JackMcKelvie) February 10, 2017

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even if Warburton hasn't left, Sunday should be fun ????
— Ryann ☔️☃️???? (@RyaannRockStar_) February 10, 2017

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Rangers put a statement on their official website which said that Under-20s boss Graeme Murty will now take charge of Sunday’s cup game against Morton.

However, fans will be hoping to receive a solid answer regarding the future of Warburton before then.

In other Rangers news, here’s how Celtic fans took the news that Warburton had resigned.

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