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Conflict with the club's captain and his dismissal came at a high cost to Paul Le Guen. The Frenchman had to leave the position of head coach of Glasgow on Thursday.
Only seven months ago, the strategist, who took over one of Glasgow's giants, led the team through the shortest period in the 134-year history of "Rangers."
According to the club's statement, the reserve team coach Ian Durrant will temporarily take over the team.
Le Guen's departure from "Rangers" followed after media reports of his conflict with the club's captain Barry Ferguson. The head coach decided not to tolerate his authority and stripped the Scottish team's captain of the armband and did not include him in the lineup for Tuesday's match against "Motherwell."
"I am sorry to leave the team, but this is the best decision," said the former "Lyon" strategist officially to the club's website. "I want to thank everyone who helped me while I was in Scotland. I especially want to thank the club's management, which always believed in me."
Le Guen took over the reins of "Rangers" in the summer after replacing Alex McLeish. At that time, it was expected that the Frenchman, who had won the French championship three times in a row with "Lyon," would help "Rangers" compete with their fiercest rival "Celtic" for the Scottish champions title.
However, this season was very unlucky for "Rangers": the club was eliminated from the League Cup, and in the Scottish Premier League it is 17 points behind the leaders "Celtic."
