GERS FIGHT
From Back Page mentality and desire and that will to win and I am happy for us to be compared against Celtic.
“We can challenge Celtic next season, if we bring in these players.
“I’m not going to say the things that the fans want to hear, I only say things that I feel and that I’m confident about saying. I want to be realistic, if we get in the right core of players then things will be different.”
Caixinha, who was linked in the Mexican media with two players from former club Santos Laguna - right back Jose Abella and central defender and captain Carlos Izquierdoz - confirmed he met Light Blues chairman Dave King last week and has no doubt about his ability to take Rangers back to the top of Scottish football.
He said: “I’m being supported 100 per cent, we are in contact all the time.
“We’re doing the things in order to get the core of the players playing that I presented and we have been doing things for almost the past month.
“We’re discussing what’s happening on a daily basis with regard to the future. It’s about bringing in players at international level, with international experience.
“Players that this club is used to having in the recent past, that is what we are bringing next season.
“We also have Scottish players in our core, if they are coming for the first time then they don’t know what Rangers is about.
“It’s about producing a core list to the board and saying that this is going to be my core team.
“Everything will move around that. Everything is organised according to the realistic situation at the club. I know how far I can go and that’s what I’m doing.
“It’s got nothing to do with numbers and I’m not going to tell you. I don’t care if it’s less or more than my predecessor. Next season will be different, it’s not about names or players.”
Rangers look set to be without Emerson Hyndman for the rest of the season after he picked up a foot injury in training.
The Bournemouth loanee could have played his last game for the club and will miss tomorrow’s clash at Partick Thistle.
‘I can’t believe Murty isn’t on the Manager of the Year shortlist. Gers celebrated 1-1 as if they’d qualified for Champs League’
Park. The Celtic fans have honoured that to this day.”
said: “How can the Rangers fans take issue with the way Celtic over-celebrated the 5-1 win at Ibrox?
“There were no Bears inside the stadium at fulltime. I was there and they had all left.”
said: “The Club 1872 supporters group are wrong to suggest there was damage to seats. I was at Ibrox and there was no such vandalism. This is a deflection tactic to somehow incriminate the Celtic fans when our supporters are not in the dock.”
Now, a tongue-in-cheek dig at the PFA Scotland Manager of the Year nominees.
said “I can’t believe Graeme Murty is not on the shortlist.
“Rangers supporters have a cheek as their team celebrated the golden point at Parkhead in the 1-1 draw as if they’d qualified for the Champions League. It was magnificent, it was majestic – but it was a draw.”
introduced a bit of levity and said: “I see Liverpool have renamed the centenary stand in honour of King Kenny Dalglish. Is there any truth in the rumour Rangers have renamed the Ibrox toilets in honour of the present team?”
said: “I agree with everything Barry Ferguson said in his Record Sport column. When you pull on the Rangers strip it is ‘war and honour’ and you play for the jersey. Money should never come into it.”
Finally said: “I read Pedro Caixinha is going to have a one-to-one with the Rangers players which is all fine and well.
“Who is going to take Caixinha to task for his tactics in the last two matches against Celtic? The way he set Rangers up was shocking and I don’t feel the Portuguese coach is the right man for the job.” CALL THE HOTLINE TOMORROW FROM 11 TILL 12 NOON on: 0141 309 3306 or email us: hotline@dailyrecord.co.uk