Clement aiming to avoid throwing some Rangers signings 'under the bus' as transfer mantra thrown out
Rangers transfer business has been assessed by an ex-player.
Kris Boyd says Rangers’ recruitment in the summer has not hit the mark.
The ex-striker has been assessing his former club after a 1-0 win over Hearts on Sunday that left much to be desired. Cyriel Dessers’ early goal sealed victory but boos and frustrations were still clear from the stands, with Rangers still nine points behind Celtic and Aberdeen.
It’s recruitment in the summer transfer window that has got Boyd’s back up. Speaking to the Scottish Sun, he believes fans are beyond the point of purely looking at the results, with signings coming under the microscope. He said: “I look at in terms of results, you might be getting them, but I think people are looking beyond that now.
“The performances, they are not good enough and I don’t care what anybody says. You sit down, you win a game of football, it’s fine you can move on. But Philippe Clement speaks about progression, he speaks about the team getting better, this new team. We are in November. The new team, it’s worn off.
“The new signings, for a large period there wasn’t a lot of them playing which tells me that they are not good enough. They are not good enough. So, I get Philippe Clement, he’s trying to keep a lid on it as such in terms of he doesn’t want to maybe throw a few of them under the bus.
“He can’t be happy with the performances right now, and if he is then it would be more worrying if I’m being brutally honest. I know you can put a positive spin on it but it’s not convincing and as I said, this progression and getting better and stronger, I don’t see it.”