Former Hibernian striker turned outspoken columnist Tam McManus has told that both Alex McLeish and Derek McInnes would have served Rangers better than current boss Pedro Caixinha.
The Ibrox giants appointed the 46-year-old Portuguese national in March following the departure of Mark Warburton.
There was little known of Caixinha given he was coaching in Qatar before joining Rangers and he has since come in for much criticism after a number of poor displays, which included recent humiliation in the Europa League.
Now, McManus has told that instead of splashing money on new players for Caixinha this summer, Rangers should have put more funds into getting the right man in charge, while naming McLeish and McInnes as the most suitable candidates.
“When Caixinha was first announced as the new Rangers manager, his Wikipedia page must have taken more hits than Audley Harrison as everyone looked up the new man in charge at Ibrox to see what he was all about,” wrote McManus in his column for the Herald.
“To suggest both sides of Glasgow would have been decidedly underwhelmed by his cv would be about right. Just how Stewart Robertson, Graeme Park and Andrew Dickson came about this decision is mind-boggling.
“The most important person at any football club is always the manager. Instead of spending millions of pounds bringing players in, they should have got the best possible candidate for the job and, I’m sorry, Caixinha wasn’t it. Someone such as Alex McLeish would have jumped at the chance to become Rangers manager again.
“He has won trophies and knows the club and Scottish football inside out. However, surely going after and paying the compensation to Aberdeen to get Derek McInnes was a no-brainer – a guy who has at least taken the challenge to Celtic the last few seasons and been competitive on a fraction of Rangers’ budget. He was undoubtedly the best candidate on paper. Crucially, both men also know how to win trophies in Scotland.