With no guarantee of group stage football the Belgian has lifted the lid on summer plans at Ibrox.
Philippe Clement has already warned the missus he’s going to have to put in some overtime this summer. But the Ibrox boss admits it’s not just extra hours that are required for his team to turn the clock back on Celtic.
“No I will not have time for the Euros,” he said. “That was the plan but I think with the job we have to do the next couple of weeks, it will not be possible to go. I’ll have to watch on TV. “Our pool is smaller, so you have to be sharper. But it’s not just for that department, it’s for everything. It’s for the technical staff, the medical staff, the performance staff, for recruitment. It’s for everybody in the building. We need to work better, all of us, to make the next steps.”
That’s prompted another round of rebuild chat - leaving Clement to reel off from a script that could have been written for his predecessor. But the former Genk, Brugge and Monaco coach is wary of reading to much into the negative narrative that has swept through the supporter base as another Premiership campaign ends with bitter disappointment.
“It’s a result of what we have today. You need to look through that and not only think about the negative that we are not champions. We don’t need to start from zero. “We need to now create more stability in the club, create another model of recruitment. We’ve talked about that. You’ve seen it already in the January window. With no cash to spend, we still brought in young talented players.
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