ALLY McCOIST has told Rangers fans underwhelmed by the prospect of Russell Martin’s arrival as manager to give the former Southampton boss a chance.
We first revealed on February 22 that Martin – who has bossed MK Dons, Swansea and Southampton – was being considered for the post.
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And we told you yesterday how the ex-Ibrox and Scotland star was into the final stages of talks and was in pole position to be named Philippe Clement’s permanent successor in the Ibrox hotseat.
Arriving at the club at a difficult time, Martin didn’t pull up any trees as a player at Ibrox – and news of his imminent arrival as manager has failed to excite many fans of the club.
But McCoist reckons they’ve got to give him a chance – particularly as he will arrive with the full backing of the club’s new boardroom powerbrokers Andrew Cavenagh and Paraag Marathe of 49ers Enterprises.
Grilled by Celtic-daft co-host Alan Brazil about his impending ”underwhelming” arrival, McCoist told talkSPORT: “He [Russell Martin)] came up for a while – but that is the term that was used, underwhelming.
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“But you have got to give him a chance.
“It’s imperative it gets done ASAP.
“However, it was never, ever going to get done before the sale of the club and the new owners came in.”
Martin appears to have seen off competition from Davide Ancelotti, Steven Gerrard, Brian Priske and Francesco Farioli to land the biggest job of his career.
New chairman Andrew Cavenagh and the 49ers Enterprises completed their Ibrox takeover last Friday.
New sporting director Kevin Thelwell officially started work yesterday and promised a new head coach would be appointed in the “coming days”.
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