Rangers boss Mark Warburton: I am well aware of the size of the task… I relish the challenge

London Evening Standard



A year ago, Mark Warburton was preparing Brentford for their first season in the second tier of English football for more than two decades.



Now, he is trying to lead Rangers back into the Scottish Premiership for the first time since 2012, when the record 54-time champions were dumped into the Third Division with Rangers oldco later liquidated.



The difference in the scale of the tasks is huge and Warburton is well aware that little patience will be shown if results do not go his way. In May, after being thrashed 6-1 on aggregate by Motherwell in the Championship play-off, Stuart McCall was sacked — and he was Rangers’ third manager of the campaign.



“The objective this season is very clear: get promotion,” said Warburton, who signed a three-year contract. “Rangers are a huge club and need to be in the top division, fighting for the major titles within the country. Our fans want us to be playing Celtic. That is the weight of expectation, we acknowledge that.



“I want to see us play a brand of football which the supporters are excited by. As I always said at Brentford, I want to make sure that people go home and feel they have had value for money.”