Birmingham City to raid Rangers as Ibrox figure 'set to leave' for Championship chance
The Englishman was lauded for making an immediate impact at Ibrox with Rangers’ increased threat from dead-ball situations earning praise
Rangers summer overhaul continues to gather pace with the impending exit of another key staff member with reports claiming set-piece coahc Scott Fry will leave Ibrox ahead of the new campaign.
Englishman Fry left his role at Lincoln City last November to become the Ibrox club’s first-ever set-piece specialist, working under head coach Danny Rohl.
According to the Rangers Review, Fry will NOT be part of the new structure that recently appointed manager Derek McInnes will lead next term. It is claimed that he will make a return to England and join Birmingham City for the new season.
Fry was lauded for making an immediate impact in Govan, with Rangers’ threat from dead-ball situations improving significantly after spending time on the training ground with the players.
Rohl and several members of his first-team squad spoke highly about Fry’s contribution, particularly in he creation of chances from attacking set-pieces.
He will now join up with former Celtic coach Chris Davies at St Andrew’s as Rangers continue to reshape their workforce on and off the park this summer.
It was revealed on Monday that goalkeeping coach Sal Bibbo will also depart after agreeing a deal to join Frank Lampard’s backroom team at Coventry City.
The former Arsenal coach moved north of the border last summer as part of Russell Martin’s coaching set-up. He remained on the staff when reunited with German boss Rohl replaced Martin in the dugout, having worked together previously at Sheffield Wednesday.
McInnes has brought his trusted assistants Alan Archibald and Paul Sheerin with him along the M8 from Tynecastle, while Craig Clark has arrived from Kilmarnock. The former Rugby Park coach was preparing to link up with McInnes in Gorgie before he was named as Rohl’s successor last week.
But there is no place on McInnes’ backroom team for Fry as Rangers continue to ramp up their preparations for the new campaign.