Sky Sports: This is Rangers first choice for vacant senior role
By Alex Stevens
Southampton recruitment chief Ross Wilson is Rangers’ first choice to become their new director of football, according to a report.
Sky Sport claim on their website that the Scottish giants are keen to prise the director of scouting and recruitment from the Premier League club for the more senior role at Ibrox.
It is said that Wilson, formerly of Falkirk, Huddersfield and Watford, is Rangers’ “preferred choice” for the technical director post, which has been created as part of a major management restructure.
Rangers are interviewing candidates to become both the new manager and the director of football role following the departures three weeks ago of Mark Warburton, David Weir and Frank McParland.
Former Liverpool and Brentford employee McParland was head of recruitment but the new position will have greater powers and a wider remit.
Wilson could soon give an answer to Rangers amid reports he has been offered the director of football post.
The 34-year-old already has experience of working in Scottish football after spending seven years at Falkirk between 2004 and 2011 in a ‘head of football development and football administration role.’
He has since worked at Watford, Huddersfield and current club Southampton, who have all punched above their weight in recent years.
Rangers are in need of a more coherent strategy after a disappointing campaign that has left battling to secure a top-three league finish.
Former Reading defender Murty has overseen three matches from the dugout, Scottish Premiership defeats to Dundee and Inverness, and a 2-1 Scottish Cup triumph over second-tier outfit Greenock Morton.
Murty was at the helm on Friday night when Rangers suffered an embarrassing 2-1 loss to relegation strugglers Inverness.
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