Issame Charai has broken his silence on his exit from Rangers, insisting it was an amicable parting of ways with the club.
After the appointment of Russell Martin, who brought some of his own staff with him, the Moroccan coach moved on from Ibrox having only just joined earlier this year under Philippe Clement.
It didn't take long for him to find work and this time it was as the main man - accepting the head coach position at Belgian top-flight outfit Westerlo.
Charai admits he could see the writing on the wall for him at Ibrox when Matt Gill came in as Martin's assistant.
But there was no hard feelings and the decision to move on was taken after a good chat with the new boss and sporting director Kevin Thelwell.
He told the Daily Record: “I had a good chat with Russell and with Kevin. We talked about my situation in the club. But I saw that Russell was coming in with an assistant Matt Gill.
“It was actually very respectful. We had a good chat, and then we talked about our job description, and it was quite the same [as Matt’s].
“And then I said, you know, ‘I think it’s better that we take a decision as soon as possible so I can try to get something else’.
“And then when we announced that we’d agreed mutually to part ways, my phone started ringing!
“So then it was about making the right decision about which club to join.”
The 43-year-old is under no illusions about what his old club needs moving forward - stability.
Asked that very question, he said: “Oh, absolutely. And I think that’s the job of Kevin.
“He's trying to find out exactly what the club needs together with Russell and then drive it forward.
“Obviously with the knowledge that Russell has about Rangers, they're going to have to come up with a good plan together.
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“And it has to be a plan that can sustain the club for a long number of years.
“What I felt when I was at Rangers was that everybody wanted to win every game. So there was this pressure that you cannot change.
“And you can feel also that the competition with Celtic is so important. They want to stay in competition with Celtic."
Charai just hopes Martin is afforded the time to get things right at Ibrox.
Something he feels wasn't the case for Clement. Especially after having to contend with playing away from Ibrox for a month at the start of last season and having his budget cut.
“That wasn't an ideal situation for Philippe," added Charai. And I think a certain moment after the Queen's Park loss, it went more than normal.
“I think he did a good job at the club. He was working hard and OK, it wasn't easy because it took some time before Patrick Stewart to come along as CEO.
“Also, with the club's finances, it wasn't an ideal situation. So I feel for him and also for Nils Koppen because they did actually hold the club very high. They worked very hard for the club.
“But OK, obviously there's a decision that was taken at that moment.
“And yeah, they asked me to stay and help the new staff. So, that's what I did.
“Should people take on board the circumstances Philippe was operating under when they judge his time in Glasgow? Of course. Because you can see also that after a certain moment, I had the feeling it was more personal with them.
“At first all that mattered was what the players did on the pitch - but then it became a little bit more personal.
“But you can see that afterwards the same problems recurred again.
“I think at a certain moment, the pressure from the supporters and from maybe the press became a little bit too much.
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