MARK ALLEN is confident the Rangers board will back him and boss Steven Gerrard with the funds necessary to continue their Ibrox rebuilding job.
The Liverpool legend overhauled his Gers squad in the summer as several million pounds were spent and 15 players arrived following his appointment as manager.
The significant outlay came just a year after former boss Pedro Caixinha was given a considerable transfer kitty to put his own stamp on the side.
That backing failed to pay off for chairman Dave King and his board, however, with the Portuguese sacked after a dismal and short-lived spell at Ibrox.
Rangers are still counting the cost of the Caixinha era and the likes of Carlos Pena and Eduardo Herrera remain on the books even though they have no chance of featuring under Gerrard’s guidance this term.
Accounts for the year end June 30, 2018 showed that RIFC posted a loss of £14.3million for the financial period, during which they crashed out of the Europa League to Progres Niederkorn and could only finish third in the Premiership.
Supporters and shareholders will get a chance to grill King, his fellow board members and Allen at the Annual General Meeting next Tuesday.
But the Ibrox Director of Football is pressing ahead with his plans for the future as Rangers look to make further improvements on and off the park this term.
Allen told SportTimes: “All I can say on this, and I don’t really want to comment on the accounts because I am not party to that.
“But what I would say is that a lot of people, before I came to Rangers, said about the plight and the fact that there would be no funding and you wouldn’t be able to do things.
“Well, I am sat here today with a new training facility, with players that we signed in the summer for decent sums of money and with a playing squad that is 25-strong with replacements in every position.
“I haven’t got any evidence to suggest that we are not going to get supported, because everything that I have asked for to improve the football department and take us forward – whether that be in scouting and staff, in medical with equipment, or with pitches or players – have been met with a very favourable response.
“It has been a plan that has been well thought out and presented and I think the board have felt it was required and they have been convinced that the investment has been worthy.
“That is all you can expect from any board of directors, that they listen to your plans and your strategy.
“They either get on board or they don’t. I have no evidence to suggest that this board is not on board.
“I have only ever presented plans that have been approved. That is all I can say.”
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