Let Michael Beale copy Ange and Rangers will reap rewards following a man who knows what he wants – Kenny Miller

Let Michael Beale copy Ange Postecoglou and he can help Rangers to topple Celtic.

I don’t think Rangers need to rush into appointing a new sporting director. Ross Wilson quit for Nottingham Forest last week and left a massive void at Ibrox. All the talk has been about who will replace him. Michael has come out and said he can oversee both jobs in the short-term. He would want that because, in terms of a manager, it will give him more control and say in who comes in.

When you look across the city, Ange didn’t have a sporting director and did most of his own recruitment. Ange’s influence has been a big deciding factor in the players he has brought in. You can see that. How many of these players would people at Celtic have known about had it not been for Ange. He knew the players, their characters and what they could do. As a result, most of Celtic’s signings have turned out to be a good fit. I don’t think there is any doubt Michael can do the same.

Beale knows who he wants. When you see the two players he has signed, Todd Cantwell and Nicolas Raskin, you can see why they have been brought in. Having more of a control would probably be a good thing for the manager. It is his job to wrestle the power away from Celtic.

Rangers don’t want to rush into a big decision on the sporting director’s front. If they are going to fill the role then it has to be the right person and correct fit for the direction Rangers are looking to go longer term. So there is continuity and if another manager comes in you don’t have to rip things up and start again.

Rangers’ summer recruitment will already be well under way – Michael and Ross would have worked on it. Michael knows who he wants and will just be looking to get the deals over the line.