BlueMeanie
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FORMER Rangers central defender Gareth McAuley is scouting for the club.
McAuley, 40, spent most of last season at Ibrox before being released at the end of the campaign and then announcing his retirement in September.
He is pondering a move into coaching but in the meantime is helping his old club.
He said: “I'm doing a bit of scouting down south for Rangers.
“Ideally, I really wanted to throw myself into coaching but I heeded some advice from inside the game that it is not necessarily the wise thing to do.
“Anything below 23s level can end up with you being a glorified secretary which is not something that would appeal.
“But I am finishing my coaching licence and it is obviously an area I want to look into.
“The last thing I want to do is commit myself something and then find out after two or three months that it's not what I want to be doing.
“I want to let anybody down like that.
“It is really important to me that when I do go in to something it gets my total focus and commitment.”
Meanwhile, Rangers have knocked back an offer from Cowdenbeath for youngster Dapo Mebude.
The Fifers wanted to bring the promising teenager, 19, in until the end of the season.
But Gers knocked back the approach in case the Scotland youth cap is needed for first-team duties.
Central Park manager Gary Bollan said: "We were keen to give Dapo some experience however we were told that the Rangers management want to keep him close at hand for the rest of the season.
"We only have a couple of days left to bring someone in so it is disappointing."
McAuley, 40, spent most of last season at Ibrox before being released at the end of the campaign and then announcing his retirement in September.
He is pondering a move into coaching but in the meantime is helping his old club.
He said: “I'm doing a bit of scouting down south for Rangers.
“Ideally, I really wanted to throw myself into coaching but I heeded some advice from inside the game that it is not necessarily the wise thing to do.
“Anything below 23s level can end up with you being a glorified secretary which is not something that would appeal.
“But I am finishing my coaching licence and it is obviously an area I want to look into.
“The last thing I want to do is commit myself something and then find out after two or three months that it's not what I want to be doing.
“I want to let anybody down like that.
“It is really important to me that when I do go in to something it gets my total focus and commitment.”
Meanwhile, Rangers have knocked back an offer from Cowdenbeath for youngster Dapo Mebude.
The Fifers wanted to bring the promising teenager, 19, in until the end of the season.
But Gers knocked back the approach in case the Scotland youth cap is needed for first-team duties.
Central Park manager Gary Bollan said: "We were keen to give Dapo some experience however we were told that the Rangers management want to keep him close at hand for the rest of the season.
"We only have a couple of days left to bring someone in so it is disappointing."
