Michael Beale not interested in quick Rangers transfer fixes despite injuries piling up

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With six wins and a draw in his first seven games, Michael Beale could be forgiven for being happy with his lot.But a huge black injury cloud is hanging over Ibrox with the news that Kemar Roofe is out again, joining long-term absentees Ianis Hagi, Tom Lawrence, Fil Helander, John Souttar and Ridvan Yilmaz and with the likes of Antonio Colak and Rabbi Matondo continuing to be missing for tonight’s clash with Kilmarnock at Rugby Park.Beale knows there is a solution but it’s not a path he’s willing to go down.

Yes, he wants bodies in the door but only those he has identified as being of benefit to Rangers over a number of years. So he won’t go down the route of fixing up short term loans for players he knows won’t be at Rangers next season - even if bringing them in might make him look better over the next couple of months in terms of results.“I’ve made a rod for my own back there saying there would be no loans,” he said. “But I don’t think that is right for the club long term.“That would be saving myself, if you like.

I could go and get some quick fixes that make my record a bit stronger between now and the end of the season but don’t take Rangers any further forward and actually, in the short term, probably costs us quite a lot of money.“When you are in charge or you are one of the people in control in terms of making those decisions at the club, you have got to think of the betterment of Rangers longer term.

I know the journey we have been on. I know how fast we want to get there, which was yesterday.“We are not there so I need to try and make some solid decisions.