Steven Gerrard could bring controversial ex Rangers man to club as pundit makes case in Mo Johnston comparison
The former Sunderland boss returning to Rangers has been debated alongside Steven Gerrard’s second coming.
A shock Rangers return for one marmite ex Ibrox man has been given the thumbs up by one pundit.
Michael Beale cuts a divisive figure at Ibrox after two contrasting spells with the club. First time around, he was credited as the coaching brains behind title 55 under Steven Gerrard but he lasted less than a year as the manager, with poor recruitment marring his time in charge.
Gerrard is now strongly linked with becoming Rangers manager for a second time and the Open Goal pundits have been debating the merits behind the ex boss bringing Beale back for a third go at Rangers. He’s also managed Sunderland and coached again with the Liverpool icon at Al Ettifaq since leaving Glasgow.
Michael Beale to Rangers endorsed
Ex Rangers star Derek Ferguson knows what the reception would be like in some quarters but compared it to the impact Mo Johnston had at the club after joining from Celtic, winning two league titles. He said: “You know my feelings on Beale. But see if it is Steven Gerrard and if he’s going to feel comfortable and he’s going to… just be the coach and that’s your side of it. I’d be alright with that. I would welcome him back. There you go.
“That’s somebody that I was really upset with, Beale, at the time. You’re talking about Philippe Clement talking a lot of nonsense at times, you thought Beale had invented football the way he spoke. But then if his role is there to coach the players, to make them better on the grass, that’s what it is all about. They forget, it’s like Mo Johnston.
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