Andrew Cavenagh has backed Danny Röhl to stay in charge next season as Rangers plan a summer rebuild aimed at turning frustration into a winning team. Speaking during the Rangers Review morning briefing, Cavenagh said: “As we look to next year, Danny's our coach.”
The message came as Derek Clark hosted Joshua Barrie and Stevie Clifford for a wide-ranging discussion about where Rangers go from here, with the club’s need for change treated as more than a slogan. The panel focused on future strategies and improvements, and the summer transfer window quickly became central to the conversation, with Elliot Watt, Laurence Shankland and Ross McCrorie mentioned as possible recruits.
That is the clearest indication yet that the club’s leadership wants the coming window to do more than add numbers. The emphasis was on building a stronger core, one capable of carrying the team through a season, while also bringing in a mix of experience and potential that can lift standards on and off the pitch. Cavenagh’s faith in Rohl was framed as conditional in the broader sense: if the squad is revamped properly, he believes the head coach can deliver results.
For Rangers, that matters because the talk around the club is no longer just about one bad run or one poor result. It is about what kind of team can be assembled this summer, what culture will sit behind it, and whether the current leadership group can shift the mood of a support that has grown tired of waiting. The discussion on the briefing pointed to disappointment in the present state of affairs, but also to a recognition that the response has to be tangible, not rhetorical.
Clifford put the pressure on plainly. “It's up to him to deliver. I think there's question marks around everything. There's frustration around everything,” he said. That line captured the tension around Rohl’s position: he has the backing of Cavenagh, but the manager will still be judged on whether he can turn that support into results once the rebuild begins.
The wider concern is structural. Leadership inside the squad, the lack of a strong core and the need for a cultural shift all came up in the discussion, which suggested Rangers see the summer as a chance to reset more than the lineup. The club has been linked with a transfer-window overhaul for some time, and the briefing made clear that the pressure is now on to convert that talk into a squad that can carry the burden of expectation.
Rangers fans have heard versions of this before. What will matter now is whether the club backs its words with the kind of signings and internal changes that make the next season feel different from the last. If that does not happen, the questions around Rohl, and around the club itself, will only grow louder.
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