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Rangers – Latest News From Ibrox <\/p>\nThe incoming boss has a clear philosophy that has led him to titles across the globe<\/p>\n
19:28, 17 Oct 2025Updated 19:41, 17 Oct 2025<\/p>\n
Rangers – Latest News From Ibrox <\/p>\n
Kevin Muscat has given the Rangers <\/a>decision-makers a major insight into his demands before he even steps in the door.<\/p>\n And it could mark a number significant changes from Russell Martin disastrous 17-game stint in the dugout.<\/p>\n Record Sport revealed Muscat has broadly agreed a deal to replace Russell Martin<\/a> with Steven Smith taking charge of Saturday’s clash with Dundee United.<\/p>\n And having lifted league titles in Australia, Japan and China – with Shanghai Port on the brink of another crown – Muscat has some big demands for the players and the owners.<\/p>\n And in interview with the Chinese City News Service<\/a>, Muscat laid out his five unshakeable principles that he takes into his dressing rooms.<\/p>\n He declared that: “Character is important. I’d go as far as saying I look for character before talent.”<\/p>\n That has been a criticism that has been thrown at the current squad after Russell Martin’s summer recruitment drive – with the boss questioning the character and “mentality” of the squad on several occasions.<\/p>\n It seems like Muscat<\/a> will quickly restructure the dressing room – if he sees fit.<\/p>\n And he wants to entertain the punters – which was highlighted by his sides flying 4-3 win over Qingdao on Friday morning to keep his side top of the table.<\/a><\/p>\n He declared: “Winning is the outcome of performance. Performance comes before winning, so we train to perform.<\/p>\n “And many things come before performance. So our process is very clear that everything is performance-based.”<\/p>\n Martin was also criticised for rigidly sticking to his football principles during a tenure that returned just one Premiership victory.<\/p>\n Despite believing in an attacking style, the incoming boss admitted he was open to change: The moment you stop to learn is the moment you stand still, and then the moment you stand still, somebody takes you over. I’m a student. I’m always learning. I’m always open.”<\/p>\n Martin clashed with star man Nicolas Raskin <\/a>with former Ibrox coach Neil McCann – who is expected to take charge of Rangers on an interim basis while they await Muscat’s arrival – revealing the Belgian international would question the management team.<\/a><\/p>\n Muscat appears to be open to that, stating the dressing room “can’t be an environment where everybody’s scared to talk, or scared to ask a question, or scared to disagree. I remove sensitivity. I’m not too sensitive a person.”<\/p>\n And former Rangers Treble-winner Muscat would instantly demand “commitment” from the squad.<\/p>\n He said: “Motivation starts for me with commitment. A commitment to what we try to do.<\/p>\n “A commitment to our football, a commitment to the club, a commitment to the fans, a commitment to your teammates. Of course, there has to be a direction from somebody. I think commitment is more powerful than motivation.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The incoming boss has a clear philosophy that has led him to titles across the globe 19:28, 17…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":207441,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[48115,13716,218,82510,86662,2714,2715,55682,8058,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-207440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-andrew-cavenagh","tag-dundee-united-fc","tag-football","tag-kevin-muscat","tag-neil-mccann","tag-rangers-fc","tag-russell-martin","tag-san-francisco-49ers","tag-scottish-premiership","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Rangers'](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760738530_492_0_Rangers-v-Hibernian-Premier-Sports-Cup-Quarter-Final.jpg\")
Rangers’ Nicolas Raskin (R) with head coach Russell Martin(Image: SNS Group)<\/p>\n