Caixinha has his own ideas on why things went so dramatically wrong for him at Ibrox
Pedro Caixinha speaks about his time at Rangers(Image: GiveMeSport)
Pedro Caixinha admits he made a lot of ‘wrong decisions’ which led to his downfall at Rangers.
But the former boss reckons a lack of ‘respect’, leaks from within the club, and owner Dave King‘s absence all player their part too.
Caixinha had an ill-fated stint in charge at Ibrox in 2017 and was dismissed after just 229 days in charge – the club’s shortest ever managerial reign until Russell Martin came along.
He won just 14 of his 26 games in charge and endured a few infamous moments, most notably stepping into a hedge to confront fans after their defeat to minnows Progres Niederkorn in Hungary.
Since then he’s rarely spoken about his nightmare spell at Ibrox but in a new interview shared by Give Me Sport, the 54-year-old has opened up on where it all went wrong.
And while he owns his own mistakes, he pointed the finger at other factors, internal and external, that he believes played their part in his downfall.
Caixinha said: “I took a lot of wrong decisions at Rangers, I agree with that. Man-management, in order to understand the players I had.
“But first of all, I arrived at Rangers, I was coming from Qatar. So there was no respect. ‘This guy is coming from Qatar, this guy is Portuguese, he only won in Mexico. What does he know? What is he going to do with Rangers?’
“So that was one major point. I didn’t care about it, I arrived and tried to implement my methodology. Everything was different and it was not accepted since the first moment. That was the first shock.
“The second one, I got worried a lot with gossip and leaks. Everybody was leaking information and talking about something that we were discussing on the progression of the club, something that needs to be inside. On the day after, like in a fish bowl, everything was coming out.
“I tried to fight that to defend the club. And of course I took the consequences, definitely. Because if there is no protection… The owner, Dave King, was in South Africa. He was a gentleman, he was a great person, he gave us a great support. But he was far away.”
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