MURTS READY TO HAND OVER REINS
GRAEME MURTY admits he is ready to hand over the Rangers reins whenever the Ibrox board appoint a new Light Blues boss.
The 43-year-old has overseen wins over Hearts and Partick Thistle and a defeat to Hamilton since the sacking of Pedro Caixinha last month.
It is now four weeks since the Portuguese was removed from office but the search for his replacement is still ongoing.
Murty will take the Gers to Dundee tonight and believes it isn’t imperative to appoint a new boss before the double-header
with Aberdeen next week. He said: “If there is a new manager in place, I don’t think it would be difficult because they are two fantastic games. If it is me, then once again they are two fantastic games.
“Either way, the person in charge will have to prep a team ready to go and put on a really good display at home first and hopefully get three points. That is all we can think about.
“I was ready [to hand the job back] from the first day. I am ready to continue on as long as I am needed but I am ready to hand the reins over to whoever the board see fit to take charge.
“The board will decide what the structure will look like going forward. I am only in here to help smooth that process until that is put in place.”
Murty stepped into the dugout earlier this year following the departure of Mark Warburton and led Rangers to three wins and a draw in six matches.
Some Gers fans have become frustrated that the recruitment drive to replace Caixinha is still ongoing and are set to quiz the Light Blues board at the AGM next week.
But Murty will only focus on the job in hand as he looks to get back to winning ways at Dens Park tonight.
He said: “I didn’t expect anything – to be here talking from day one.
“It’s now day 28 and I’m still the same mindset. I didn’t expect to be sitting here and I am.
“I can’t deal with any other reality apart from this. If I waste my energy then I won’t be the guy who sits here and talks and gives proper answers about the processes we go through.
“I’d just be speculating and that does me or you no good.
“We have clarity in the fact that the process is ongoing. What we don’t have is a resolution.”