Michael Beale aims Rangers workload dig as Sunderland manager happy not be in charge of 'the whole club'

Michael Beale is ready to be the head coach of Sunderland, and not 'the manager of the whole football club'.

The former Rangers boss was chased out of Ibrox in October after a dire run of form led the Gers hierarchy to axe him from his post. Beale was unable to bring silverware to Govan before being replaced by Philippe Clement, who secured the Viaplay Cup this weekend just ten weeks in to the role. And now the Londoner is the new head coach at the Stadium of Light after former Celtic boss Tony Mowbray was sacked.

Black Cats fans on the whole seemed less than pleased that Beale was to be the new man, hijacking the club's announcement of the 43-year-old being put in charge. But the former assistant to Steven Gerrard has roared he's ready for the challenge, and that he was 'pulled in different places' at Ibrox. He aimed a further dig saying he's glad on Tyneside that he won't be the manager of 'the whole football club'

He told Sunderland's official website: "Well, I went into QPR as a head coach and originally went into Rangers in the same role.

"There was a lot of changes with people leaving and I got pulled in different places. The thing I am really comfortable with here is the alignment through the club.

"My role being in line with that as a head coach and having an opinion and an idea on other aspects of the club but I want to be the coach of the team - not the manager of the whole football club.

"This was a good fit in terms of alignment, I thought conversations were very smooth, there was a lot of common ground. I'm just looking forward to getting ready now and the exciting future of Sunderland."