Rangers CEO job search update with 'interesting candidates' from England keen on Ibrox move

10/12/2024 07:33 AM

Rangers legend Barry Ferguson claims to know that there is plenty of interest in the club’s current chief executive officer vacancy.

The Light Blues have been without a CEO since James Bisgrove left Glasgow for the riches of Saudi Arabia at the end of May.

Bisgrove was appointed the CEO of Al-Qadsiah Saudi Club and it left Rangers with a massive hole in their hierarchical structure with the 2024/25 season looming.

Fast forward a few months and seven games into the new Premiership season, Rangers remain without a successor for Bisgrove.

Moreover, Rangers have no permanent chairman in charge with John Gilligan filling in until a suitable candidate can be sourced.

There is no academy director at the club either and they were rocked with yet another high profile announcement this week with the exit of Creag Robertson as director of football operations scheduled for December.

So what has Ferguson been hearing about Rangers and their search for a new CEO?

Barry Ferguson makes Rangers CEO hunt claim

Writing in his Daily Record column, the former Gers midfielder says he knows there is interest from down south in the CEO position but warned it could yet take a number of months before an appointment is secured.

Ferguson has revealed: “Recruiting the kind of serious operators that are required is not an easy task.

“I'm told there has been a lot of interest in the chief executive vacancy, with a few interesting candidates from down south keen on making the move to Glasgow.

“The board will have to do their due diligence of course and then there might be a notice period to contend with.

So it might be another couple of months before Rangers are in a position to make these key appointments.

“I get folk are getting frustrated with the time it's taking given Bisgrove quit at the end of May, while it's now four weeks since Bennett stepped down on health grounds. But if we're serious about getting quality people we should be prepared to wait for them.”

Ferguson insists Rangers are not ‘rudderless’

“This week's news director of football operations Creag Robertson was stepping down has sparked another wave of groans, but for me it doesn't have to be seen as the latest crisis point.

“The club are clearly going through a process where changes at the top of the Marble Staircase are being made.

“Creag has decided it's time to move on and pursue opportunities elsewhere but that just offers who ever comes in as the new chairman and chief executive the chance to install their own people.

“I've heard a lot of folk claiming the club has been rudderless and lacked direction since John Bennett and James Bisgrove stepped down. But that's simply not the case.

“John Gilligan is back as chairman and has George Letham in there assisting him in the interim period as they complete the search for the new man to lead the board and another to take on the chief exec post.