RANGERS HAVE SACKED manager Pedro Caixinha, after just seven months in charge at the Glasgow club.
A statement on the Rangers FC website explains that the decision was taken ‘after careful consideration and the search for a new manager will begin immediately.’
The end of his time in charge makes him the shortest serving manager in the club’s history, according to BBC Sport.
46-year-old Caixinha won 14 of his 26 games including a 1-1 draw against Kilmarnock on Wednesday, which has left Rangers sitting in fourth place on the Scottish Premiership table.
They are also eight points behind city rivals Celtic, who defeated them 2-0 in September.
Assistant manager Helder Baptista and coaches Pedro Malta and Jose Belman are also departing their roles as head development squad coach Graeme Murty takes over in the interim.
The club statement also reads:
“We thank Pedro and his backroom staff for their efforts and commitment and wish them well for the future.”
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Rangers board and fans like to believe they are on a par with Celtic.
The fact is they are light years behind Celtic. It’s a forgone conclusion that Celtic will win the Scottish league.
The others are in a battle for second place.
Rangers simply don’t have the funds to compete.
@Diarmuid: they are the people though.
@Diarmuid: no where near celtic, and won’t be for the foreseeable future
Ffs. Thankfully they don’t have any cash to get someone half decent in.
The facts are though that The Rangers are exactly where they should be, 3/4th place. I don’t see the reason for his sacking. They have expectations way above their station/budget. With the squad that they have they are 4th and that’s around where they should be.
I thought he was doing a decent job with what he had. They were certainly more competitive in the old firm. Now what do rangers do with the hat load of Portuguese first division players he bought, can’t imagine they will be in the new managers plans
Sad day for Celtic
Pity
He might not know it now but this is the best day of his life.
Neil Lennon next job!
@Stephen Toomey: strangely enough prejudice aside he would be the perfect fit
Has he been sacked from Sevco as well
Gordon Ramsey
@Con: Jim White from Sky Sports News. He was getting his big grey hun head worked up into a frenzy when talking about it earlier. Worse than Jeff Stelling with Hartlepool :-)
What about Bobby Ball?
What were the board thinking appointing him in the first place. A club that needed stability appointed a man with very little to show for as a manager and the has little to no knowledge of the Scottish game. Made a fool of the club by falling out with everyone and making bizarre statements in the media, as well as buying a host foreign players.