Philippe Clement Rangers challenge laid bare by £17.8m news coming out of Celtic Park

 

Philippe Clement has firmly committed himself to Rangers with the ultimate goal of defeating

our Old Firm adversaries. Philippe Clement is a man who never backs down from a challenge.

Everything has its premiere, after all.

At Ibrox, Rangers manager Philippe Clement has a large problem shaped like a Celtic.

And the former manager of Genk, AS Monaco, and Club Brugge is aware of it.

born victorious Despite having the chance to leave Ibrox,

 

Though Clement most likely wouldn’t have needed to defeat Celtic to win

the Scottish Premiership the previous year,

things will undoubtedly be different this time around.

The most recent information from Celtic Park demonstrates why the Rangers manager

believes that this season’s challenge is much greater than it was the last one,

when he took over the Gers seven points adrift.

 

Rangers gap highlighted by latest Celtic financials

It’s a common misconception that only one Glasgow team can be successful at any given moment.

The Old Firm duopoly at the top of Scottish football creates a dynamic where stories change on a regular basis.

with one team constantly winning and the other frequently losing.

But the truth is that Rangers have once again given in to Celtic’s dominance,

and rumors of a crisis at Ibrox aren’t far from the truth.

 

Outside the stadium, Dave King has returned to the picture and asserted that there is a “significant”

gulf between the Old Firm and the Rangers. The team does not currently have a chairman or CEO.

Rangers lost sixteen players from their roster from the previous year.

and the eleven players that signed on to take their place were a mix of youthful

players and relative unknowns.

 

Although the pitch is progressing,

Philippe Clement frequently refers to the project in terms of years rather than months.

After Celtic’s most recent accounts were made public, it provides a hint as to why.

 

Our Old Firm rivals, who made a pre-tax profit of £17.8 million

and ended the year with £77.2 million in the bank,

continue to be the picture of stability while upheaval and uncertainty

engulf Rangers’ leadership (BBC Sport).

Peter Lawwell, who acknowledges our Old Firm rivals’ far more serious and effective player trading model,

believes that the Parkhead team has the most valuable squad in their history.

 

Philippe Clement faces huge Old Firm challenge

For Rangers supporters, the truth is that the team is going through

—and in many ways still is going through—a turbulent phase that is the result of

years of issues with the club’s leadership.

Since Rangers won the championship in 2021, the team has stagnated.

with Ross Wilson’s preference for “big names” and even greater contracts

adding to the club’s concerns about investment.

 

Accidents and Auchenhowie’s understocked medical department haven’t helped either.

According to Dave King, the money obtained via player sales

and the team’s European adventures have been “wasted.”

Disputes with him are difficult.

 

That so many of Rangers’ first-team has just walked out the front door without

barely raising enough to pay for the botched Copland Stand reconstruction

is an insult to match-going and committed supporters.

Rangers have been badly managed by the post-Dave King period,

Despite years of fans buying up stuff, smashing season ticket sales records,

and sticking with the team through thick and thin.

 

With such resources at their disposal,

you can be sure that Celtic will make every effort to ensure that

they don’t lose control of Scottish football again.

In its early stages, the Belgian has been mentally preparing supporters for a long-term endeavor.

This week has seen a growing amount of transparency on the club’s problems and the challenge facing Glasgow,

with Rangers’ corporate management structure in ruins as well.