Philippe Clement's Rangers Q&A in full as he details club transfer strategy and makes fans Hampden plea after new deal

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Philippe Clement outlined his Ibrox blueprint after pinning a new deal as he admitted he’d rather have had a Rangers renovation than a rebuild.The Belgian boss extended his contract until at least the summer of 2028 and spoke about how he plans to improve the squad to ensure future success after falling short in the run-in in last season’s Scottish Premiership title race and losing the Scottish Cup final to Celtic.

Clement sanctioned the sale of long-serving Connor Goldson to Aris Limassol and admitted this summer’s transfer strategy has been about balancing the need to bring in young assets such as homegrown midfielder Connor Barron from Aberdeen, Hamza Igamane and Clinton Nsiala and experienced players like Robin Propper from FC Twente and Vaclav Cerny on loan.In the short term, the Belgian wants the fans to back the team from their temporary Hampden home - as he eyes long term success.

Ahed of Saturday’s league opener at Hearts, he told Rangers TV: “As a manager you prefer renovation because you have the core of the team there and you can add a few details or you can change a few people to make the team better as a total.“But we lost the core for several reasons and the core was getting older and their abilities were not improving or would not improve in the next couple of years so we had to make a rebuild.

It was the end of a cycle in many ways in the squad and also in people around, the team in other departments, and we needed some freshness and to create added value in the club, to bring in younger players who can make added value for the club in the future so it brings money into the club again because losing six players for nothing costs a lot of money.