Philippe Clement responds to rumours of Rangers fan protest as 'masochist' boss WON'T walk away from fight

Philippe Clement insists he won’t do walking away after confessing he feels gripped by a responsibility to fix Rangers.

A fresh sense of despair has swept over the decanted Ibrox club after they blew their £40million Champions League shot with defeat to Dynamo Kyiv on Tuesday. The scunnered support are set to show their frustration with a protest outside Hampden for tonight’s Premier Sports Cup clash with St Johnstone. However, Clement knows there is also a danger of apathy setting in, with the second-round tie set to be played out in front of a paltry crowd of less than 20,000. But the big Belgian made clear he’s still all in at the club.

“Yes, because it's a massive job,” declared the Gers gaffer, who signed a new four-year deal only last week. “And I knew it. It was for me so easy to not do it. But maybe that's my masochist side. I love this club, really. I’ve only had this feeling once with a club and it was in Brugge where I spent 16 years. I feel after seven months like really part of this club. I could not leave this project now. That was impossible. Although there were chances for that. No.

“But I know we need time to build things. I cannot say how fast things will go - but I can say that everybody is working really hard. And I'm really confident of the future of this club because now decisions are made to keep this club healthy, first. Secondly, to think short term, yes, where possible, but thinking also about long term. And this is what this club needed.

“I'm very, very confident that we will reach our goals. Will it be the next month or in three months or in six months? That's more difficult to predict. But this club is on the good way and on the healthy way. And this is what this club needed. Because