Michael Beale has pleaded with Rangers fans to give Russell Martin more time to bed in his new style of play at Ibrox - and reveals he exchanged texts with the new boss after the former Scotland international got the job. ‌

Martin has welcomed nine new faces to the club so far this summer and is on course to land a 10th, with Real Betis defender Nobel Mendy closing in on a £4.5million move to Glasgow . ‌

Despite knocking out Panathinaikos in the Champions League qualifiers and putting one foot in the final qualification hurdle in Europe's premier competition with a 3-0 home victory against Viktoria Plzen ahead of the return fixture in the Czech Republic on Tuesday, Rangers' domestic campaign is yet to get going. ‌

The Light Blues have been held to draws with Motherwell and

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