Rangers confirm Southampton’s Ross Wilson as new sporting director

After he left his position as director of football operations rangers have appointed Ross Wilson since the clubs new sporting manager.
Wilson replaces Mark Allen, who abandoned his position following two decades at Ibrox last month as director of soccer.
The 36-year-old had been linked with a transfer before Allens appointment to Glasgow but stayed on the south east coast.
He can return to Scotland to work alongside director Steven Gerrard and also spent in the Premier League side after previously operating in various roles at Watford, Falkirk and Huddersfield Town.
Primarily, and I am sure it goes without saying, I am delighted to be joining Rangers. Through the years Ive had quite positive discussions with the club, Wilson told the Rangers site.
The vision and passion shared collectively by the board and by Steven with respect to the strategies to continue to create the club are exciting. Equally it was important that the club and that I shared the identical comprehension of what this function is and exactly the football model and culture within the club should look like going forward.
The board are resolute in all our discussions both now and when we talked previously about what the club needs to look like and I am proud that they believe that I can help assemble the club standards that we all agree are right for Rangers.
Having worked in soccer leadership for the past 15 decades and for nearly a decade in England now is a fantastic period for me to return to Glasgow and become part of the renowned club. Im excited to begin.
Steven and his training team are doing a great job with things about the pitch, together with the players naturally. I know the others I will be able to understand in the coming weeks and some of the squad. Steven and I are in contact and I am looking forward to working with him developing our relationship further.
Wilson explained his role will see him coping with all the clubs operations andsoccer infrastructure, that would include the Rangers academy.
This job is of course about continued the evolution and growth of the clubs football operations and football infrastructure across the entire club, he added. In that regard I am excited about working in and developing all facets of our soccer divisions and none more than the academy with Craig Mulholland and his team.
Ive chosen to make a fantastic job and individuals who I am very near. Southampton is not a simple spot and it was a opportunity to look at leaving what I had there.
This job, at this stage in my profession, was one I felt I had to take and I am both excited and decided to ensure that in working together with the board, Steven and all our staff we could continue to build an excellent, contemporary football infrastructure and a winning Rangers.
Before heading on to manage the clubs football operations wilson joined Southampton at 2015 as director of scouting and recruitment.
Southampton CEO Martin Semmens said:In the moment Ross made me conscious of the chance to come home to Scotland, it had been clear this was a chance he could not turn down in this moment.
I would like to place on record, on behalf of everybody involved in the team, our thanks to the hard work and vitality Ross has contributed to Saints within the previous five years. Ross will abandon our best wishes to the club on Tuesday.
Since the club has made clear over the previous six months, were reviewing our soccer and non-football operations, to ensure we are best placed to allow a prosperous future for Your Southampton Way. We will now seek to appoint a new Soccer Manager in keeping with this vision to the club

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