Barry Ferguson speaks out on Rangers exit for the first time

The National

10 hours ago

The club legend departed the Ibrox side at the end of last season following his three months in charge of his boyhood club.
He had hoped to be the next permanent Rangers manager.
However, the new American owners wanted to go down a new path, and so, Russell Martin was the chosen one to succeed Philippe Clement.
"I wouldn't change a thing about it," he told Go Radio's Football Show: "I never thought it would ever happen and when you get that phone call, it's a case of 'when can I start?'
"You've got to think of who is working beside you and who you want beside you and that had to happen very quickly.
"I could have picked a number of people but I wanted to go with people who would really challenge me as a staff. I like getting challenged.
"Certainly the staff that I picked gave me a few challenges. There were some feisty moments when we had to make some decisions.
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"I had two sore ones, at home to Motherwell and Hibs. The [[Motherwell]] game, we should have beaten them; the [[Hibs]] game we were nowhere near good enough.
"But then I changed the personnel and shape and we got a victory in the next game.
"That's part and parcel. Nothing is ever perfect and you're never going to win every single game, as much as you want to. But it's how you react when something goes against you that's the most important thing."
He added: "I had a brilliant three months but that's finished with.
"My life is back to being nice and quiet again, which I'm quite happy with.
"I'd never rule out going back into management. I've had a few offers from Scotland, down south and abroad but I just felt they weren't right. I'll take a bit of time out and get back to doing what I was doing previously."