Philippe Clement is Rangers 'breath of fresh air' as Steven Davis names 2 key areas that indicate early success

Steven Davis hopes “breath of fresh air” Philippe Clement has just started a long and successful career at Rangers.

But the Ibrox veteran has opened up on his professional and personal reasons for stepping back from the Belgian’s coaching set-up to concentrate on rehabilitation from his serious knee issue. Davis is fighting to regain full fitness having suffered his devastating injury 11 months ago. During the 38-year-old’s recovery, he was asked to take interim charge of the team last month after the dismissal of Michael Beale.

Davis lost in Europe to Aris Limassol but engineered a crucial win at St Mirren to ensure Clement walked into a winning dressing room when he took charge the following week. The Belgian has kicked on from that point with six wins in seven games to course fresh optimism throughout the club. Davis is thrilled by Clement’s impact and said: “Really impressed. He has been a breath of fresh air and I hope he will have a long and successful career here at the club.

“He has come straight in, you can see the ideas he wants to put within the team and certainly the last couple of games, that has been evident on the pitch. A good level of detail in terms of what he recognises as the areas we can improve and the areas we are good at we can continue to improve as well.”

The Paisley win gave Clement something to work with and Davis added: “It was huge. Really important for the club as a whole, especially leading into the international break and a new manager potentially coming in, that we got a result.

“Of course, after a good result, you want to play as soon as possible again. But I think it was good for the boys to get that break and for the club to deal with the appointment. And for Philippe, to get him in