Disagreement between Philippe Clement and the Rangers directors is revealed. “I told them that’s not how I work.”
Disagreement between Philippe Clement and the Rangers directors is revealed. “I told them that’s not how I work.”
As the Belgian manager got ready for the Europa League match against Benfica, Philippe Clement disclosed that Rangers directors had
once advised him to put more emphasis on domestic football than on his dreams of playing in Europe.
Amidst a packed fixture calendar, the Ibrox team arrived in Lisbon on Thursday for the first leg of their last-16 match. After replacing
Michael Beale in October, Clement had to defeat Real Betis in their last Europa League group stage match in Spain in December in
order to go to the Viaplay Cup final at Hampden Park versus Aberdeen. The Gers defeated the Dons 1-0 to win the season’s first trophy
and defeated Real Betis 3-2 to advance to the Europa League knockout stages.
Rangers are two points ahead of Celtic at the top of the cinch Premiership with a Scottish Cup quarter-final tie against Hibernian to
return to on Sunday, but Clement insists European football is not a distraction.
He said: “No. I said that in December when there were some people on the board before our European game that it was maybe more
important to win the League Cup. No (surprise) because it was with good intentions. The hunger to win a trophy again was so big in
the club that everybody wanted to put emphasis on that.
“But after our night in Spain they were also really happy and after winning the League Cup they were even more happy. I told them I
never work that way. I want players hungry for every occasion who want to win every occasion.
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