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Rangers main executive Patrick Stewart says head Philippe Clement has the board's backing contempt a 15-point shortage to Celtic successful the Scottish Premiership.
A tie astatine Dundee connected Thursday was the eighth clip successful 11 distant convention matches Rangers person grounded to win, leaving the Ibrox broadside good down their rivals.
Clement has overseen awesome performances successful the Europa League this play arsenic Rangers person a chance to decorativeness successful the apical eight, and secured his first Old Firm derby triumph connected 2 January pinch an emphatic 3-0 triumph against Celtic.
Rangers mislaid the League Cup last connected penalties and proceed to toil distant from Ibrox successful the Premiership, but Stewart says removing the head is not a "silver bullet".
"I request to make immoderate reliable decisions, it comes pinch the role, but I americium committed to making the correct ones for Rangers, not conscionable the celebrated ones," Stewart said successful a media briefing aft fans voiced their displeasure pinch the head aft Thursday's draw.
"We are backing Philippe astatine this clip arsenic a board. It's astir taking a deeper look astatine the issues, addressing those problems, and staying focused connected building a stronger early for the club. Changing a head isn't a metallic slug solution."
Stewart started his domiciled connected 16 December aft Rangers went six months without a main executive pursuing the departure of James Bisgrove to Saudi Arabia, while president John Bennett besides had to measurement down successful September for wellness reasons.
New president Fraser Thornton besides began his domiciled past period aft a play of uncertainty successful the Rangers boardroom, which Clement has had to contend with.
Rangers sacked Giovanni van Bronckhorst and Michael Beale successful the past 2 campaigns aft mediocre starts to the convention but Stewart, who was interim CEO astatine Manchester United, says he and the nine request grapple pinch wider issues.
Rangers reported a £17m nonaccomplishment past twelvemonth but Stewart insists keeping religion pinch Clement is not a "financially driven decision".
He confirmed a "root-and-branch reappraisal of the full shot department" will statesman connected Monday and says he met pinch Clement connected Friday nighttime to talk results connected the pitch.
"I can't springiness Philippe immoderate formed robust guarantees," Stewart said. "He and I person some been astir shot agelong capable to cognize that isn't the case.
"Equally, I'm not going to get into really galore games does Philippe person to prevention his job, that's not what we're about.
"We're astir helping Philippe to place why is location the inconsistency, and let's reside that."
The Rangers main executive besides addressed the club's transportation plans, saying January "isn't a peculiarly fruitful window".
However, he did corroborate they are looking astatine centre-back options amid a existent protect wounded situation and added location could beryllium opportunities to fast-track moves for immoderate players connected their radar.
Overall, Stewart's connection was the nine had spent excessively overmuch money connected "quick fixes" and the scheme was to debar "repeating the aforesaid mistakes" successful the transportation market.
"We are making judge it's the nine signing players and not the head signing players aliases signing players for a circumstantial manager," Stewart said.
"So we request to do person existent attraction and subject erstwhile it does travel to subordinate trading.
"Injuries person created challenges, but they're returning and that will bolster the squad without america having to panic buy. And that's what we want to avoid, is immoderate panic buying."
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