'Intellectual' Martin would be 'very good' for Rangers, says Gunn
Scotland goalkeeper Angus Gunn says Russell Martin would be a "very good" choice as Rangers' new head coach.Gunn witnessed the former Scotland defender's leadership qualities during their stint as team-mates at Norwich City in 2017 and believes he was unfortunate to be sacked by Southampton last season given the size of task promoted clubs face in the Premier League.Martin, 39, has been heavily linked as the favourite to replace Philippe Clement at Ibrox."Obviously, I've only worked with him as a player at Norwich. Very intellectual guy. I went in there as a young goalkeeper and he helped me massively even though he wasn't in the team every week and playing regularly," said Gunn."He was the captain of the club and he had good relationships with everyone in the dressing room and it's obviously watching what he has done at Southampton."I thought he did incredibly well there and probably was unfortunate to lose his job there because it was always difficult for teams coming up from the Championship to even compete with some of the Premier League teams."I watch him now on the TV and the way he wants to play and his philosophy and I really hope whatever he goes on to in his career is successful."I don't know if he is going to Rangers or not but obviously he had a spell there as well so he knows the club a little bit. I think it would be a very good thing for Rangers, to be fair."
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