WARBURTON OUT TO BOUNCE BACK
proviso that the club would not ask for compensation should another club wish to employ him. Rangers took this offer of resignation at face value and, despite Lockwood’s protests, duly terminated the contracts of the manager, Weir and head of recruitment Frank McParland. The trio have taken legal advice over the matter, but, in a prepared statement released through the League Managers’ Association, stopped short of stating they would take it all the way. However, it’s believed yesterday’s development will have no bearing on any possible legal action. Speaking about how the pressure of life at Rangers had prepared him for the next chapter of his managerial career, Warburton (right) said: ‘I hope it will help me. You’d like to think you learn something from every club you are at. ‘It is an incredible level of expectation up there. But every job you take, you hope that you gain from it and get stronger for it. As a person, you hope you are better for the experience and it was a big two years in Glasgow. ‘But we have emerged from that and we are delighted to be here now. ‘I am well aware of the stature and history of the club and the expectation, but you can already see the quality of the squad, the quality of the staff here and the good work being done. ‘It came about very quickly and it has been a whirlwind two or three days. ‘We recognise it is difficult for players and staff during times of change and that is the nature of football, but we look forward to the challenges that lie ahead.’ Academy boss Brazil had initially been placed in charge until the end of the season after Philippe Montanier was sacked in January. But Forest’s defeat at Burton Albion last Saturday left them just two points above the relegation zone in the English Championship. Club owner Fawaz Al-Hasawi said: ‘Mark Warburton is a proven manager. He did an amazing job with Brentford and also with Glasgow Rangers. ‘We have been aiming for him for a long time, but we couldn’t get him because he was with other clubs. ‘He knows how to deal with players. ‘I know we will stay safe this season.’
MARK WARBURTON yesterday returned to football management with Nottingham Forest — and insisted he would only be a better boss for the tumultuous 20 months he spent with Rangers. The 54-year-old left Ibrox in a blaze of controversy on February 11, furiously denying the club’s claims that he had resigned from his post. But his short exile from the game ended yesterday when the Midlands club confirmed he was their choice to replace Gary Brazil as boss, with David Weir installed as his assistant. Warburton, who has signed a two-and-a-half-year deal, had been strongly linked with a move to Forest in the week prior to his Ibrox exit — a matter he furiously disputed at the time. With the Forest job up for grabs, his agent Dave Lockwood met Rangers officials and floated the idea of his client resigning on the