'Alone in the desert' - Clement bares his soul in searingly honest Rangers truth bomb and the regression he's witnessed

Philippe Clement claims he felt "alone in the desert" for months at Rangers before the arrival of Patrick Stewart.

By full time at Ibrox on Sunday, that desolate feeling must have returned as brassed-off punters voted with their feet and the heat cranked up on the Belgian. It’s fair to say results over the course of the last few months have more than just sewn seeds of doubt in the mind of a support who reached the stage of issuing statements calling for his head last week.

Yet, together with the new chief executive Clement has vowed to get Rangers back on healthy ground and blooming. A root and branch review of the football department at Ibrox gets underway today. A department that’s malfunctioned so badly that there’s a snowball’s chance in the desert of a title challenge coming between now and May. There’s no more excuses for Clement though. After months of being left without a CEO, a full-time chairman and a sporting director, he has a full supporting cast.

In his first public address as chief executive on Saturday, Stewart gave his backing to the Belgian. The former Manchester United chief insisted he would not bow to fan pressure and take the easy option to fire the manager - insisting doing so is no silver bullet. He even pointed to his old club as proof of that.

Stewart was wise enough to leave the caveat that results must improve. Clement isn’t daft enough not to know it himself. But with the backing of Stewart he insists he CAN turn things round and get the punters back onside.

He said: “I know that, and I spoke with Patrick already a lot. He's not long in the building, but I'm very happy that he's here. I’ve been six, seven months sometimes feeling alone in the desert and addressing things to make better in