Loyal BBC bear Kenny Macintyre turns to Souness as the campaign to Save Gio is stepped up

Kenny Macintyre has decided to fill the domestic footballing void in his life with some doting interviews of his boyhood Ibrox heroes.

Without the funds to pay off Giovanni van Bronckhorst the Ibrox board are stuck with the lame Dutchman for the foreseeable future with media messengers like Macintyre sent out to paint van Bronckhorst in a sympathetic light.

When it comes to matters at Celtic, Aberdeen and Hearts the Sportsound anchor turns into a Rottweiler asking the questions that the fans in their buses and cars need to have answered.

Anything Ibrox related and Macintyre morphs into a love-struck puppy with a succession of softball questions with the interview ending with a few selfies and an addition to his red, white and blue autograph book.

Previewing the afternoon love-in with the former Rangers (IL) boss, BBC Scotland report Souness saying:

I am never comfortable talking about a manager losing their job. I know how tough it is to be a manager, I know how tough it is to manage in this city and Giovanni van Bronckhorst would have known that coming into it.

All the spotlight comes on you because you’re second and that’s when you have to be big – you have to stand up, be counted and play your way out of it.

It’s not always about managers. The players have to stand up and be counted. This is a time you want your leaders in the dressing room. Now is the time where he’ll be finding out what he’s got in his dressing room. Who motivates the motivator?

With Tavpen as the chief motivator in the dressing room van Bronckhorst is utterly doomed.

It is unlikely that Souness will be asked about the main reasons for signing Tugay and Barry Ferguson from his old mate Dave Murray while he managed Blackburn.

Jean-Alain Boumsong will also be off the menu following the £8m deal that took the defender to Newcastle six months after he had been available as a free agent from Auxerre.

While managing Blackburn, Souness received remuneration from a Trust Fund set up by the Murray Group.

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