Rangers assistant manager David Weir has expressed his discontent at the state of the club’s scouting structure.
The Light Blues have been forced to work without a scouting network since the club’s liquidation in the summer of 2012, and Weir has lamented the sorry state of affairs at his club.
"Scouting is a fundamental part of any football club and it is a big thing Rangers have lacked”, he was quoted as saying by Eurosport.
The former defender believes success at football clubs stems from having good scouting networks, which he says Rangers do not have and are currently working on building up, although progress has been slow and negligible.
"The scouting structure hasn't been as thorough as it needs to be and my experience is that the best clubs have the best scouting structures. It is something that over a period of time the club needs to put in place.
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"It is definitely one thing we are working on but there has been no changes as of yet”, he added.
Rangers released 11 first team players after failing in their promotion push to the Scottish Premiership last season. They lost on aggregate over two legs to Motherwell in the playoff final.
And Weir feels his club’s lack of a scouting network is creating difficulties in replacing the players who were let go, as they seek to mount a promotion push.
"Is that having an impact on attempts to rebuild the squad? Yeah, it makes it harder obviously.
"If you have got people and a structure in place that helps. But that takes time. It's important that with players we make the right decisions and it's the same staffing wise", said the 45-year-old.
