7 Rangers questions answered from Clement's future to January transfer cash and mystery Goldson emptier unmasked

It’s been a season of turmoil at Ibrox with off-the-field upheaval leading to struggles on the park. Philippe Clement’s Rangers team are toiling, nine points off the Premiership pace, leaving the Belgian boss under some serious strain.

But with the club still searching for a permanent chairman and James Bisgrove’s replacement as CEO, it appears any decision over the manager’s future will have to wait. In the meantime, the Light Blues legions are having to sit and watch as their team stumbles on. Never mind wrestling the title back off of Celtic, they look to be in a battle for second spot as Aberdeen match the leaders point for point, so far making a better fist of a title fight than Rangers have in the last few seasons.

A Premier Sports Cup Final against the Hoops is on the horizon, and the outcome of that may go some way to determining what comes next on the park for Gers, but either way there will remain plenty of queries that need answers sooner rather than later. Here, Record Sport takes a look at some of the big issues the fans are demanding answers on.

Time will tell but it’s fair to say he’s short on wiggle room. If his team lose any further ground on table-topping Celtic or Jimmy Thelin’s joint-leaders Aberdeen then he may find that his time in Glasgow is up. But in fairness to the Belgian, sacking him won’t fix the multitude of problems facing the club. The lack of leadership at the top of the marble staircase is having a material impact on what happens in the dressing room and it’s right that those key appointments are addressed first. But when the new chairman and CEO arrive, Clement can expect his own position to come under some significant scrutiny if results and performances don’t improve.

Gers have