Watch Clement’s dramatic interview as he throws Ibrox board under a bus!

The original interview of Phil Clement’s explosive comments about the Ibrox board have surfaced today through a video published by the Rangers Review.

On Thursday the former Monaco boss sat down for a couple of newspaper interviews with one slot set aside for Sunday papers with the online editions appearing at 10.30pm on Saturday.

Keeping the embargo on the content is critical to the functioning of Sunday titles and ensures that the news content is spread over a couple of days.

Speaking to the daily papers Clement reacted to the closure of Ibrox and the likely switch to Hampden, emphasising that the club had to make the decision that least inconvenienced supporters.

Tellingly he mentioned that the stadium switch couldn’t be used as an excuse if results weren’t working out.

With the quotes in place for the daily papers virtually the same group of reporters were to get their Sunday angle.

It seems that Andy Devlin of the Sun (on Sunday) led the way with some gentle questioning that brought out real headline content from Clement, admitting that there was no transfer funds left despite being given reassurances that a rebuild would be funded when he discussed replacing Micky Beale last October.

QUESTION: Is it fair to say that your transfer plans are dependent somewhat on players leaving? You need to raise some funds?

PC: Yes that’s right, that’s the reality. That’s the reality that the board told me a few months ago. I know this, the recruitment team knows this also. This is the reality of the club.

QUESTION: That was the reality when you took the job with your eyes open to this fact? That this is not a club that is sitting with piles of money sitting in the bank.

PC: No. I had other expectations when I came in in October, but I know the reality now. I am very motivated to build the club and help in that. It’s focusing not only on the short term but also on the long term.

If I only looked at the short term I would only bring in experienced players in who can do the job directly and to only look at the first months of the season.

But I think that too much mistakes have been made in the past and at the end you don’t reach your goals so you need to have another philosophy and that’s what we are doing together now. It is not only me, it is the recruitment team and all together with the board.

Now comes the fall out and aftermath with Clement pointing fingers at the board over broken promises, he knows that his stock is much higher than Executive Chairman John Bennett.

While the Ibrox board have presided over a variety of horrendous issues from appointing Beale to the Copland Crane they didn’t overtake Celtic in February then finish the season eight points behind the hoops in the most valuable ever SPFL title race.

Had Clement beat Celtic at home on April 7 and followed that up with wins at Ross County and Dundee he would almost certainly have won the title and secured an additional £30m from UEFA with the commercial deals at Ibrox going off the radar.

Instead one point from nine due to managerial incompetence handed the initiative to Brendan Rodgers who took full advantage despite his squad being reduced to around 13 trusted players.

Clement might be popular at the moment but a year ago Micky Beale could do no wrong with exciting signings and the Dead Rubber Trophy on display in the Blue Room.

It wouldn’t be a surprise if some details start to emerge of Clement’s failings as a dirty war is launched over money, as it always is.

Van Bronckhorst and Beale held on to collect their pay-offs long after they knew that their time was up in charge of managing the Ibrox Tribute Act.

Clement will try to do the same but going public about confidential financial matters during the Transfer Window could become a very costly mistake from A Proper Football Manager.

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