By JOHN MCGARRY

Published: 19:26, 1 October 2025 | Updated: 19:26, 1 October 2025

Russell Martin has thrown his weight behind Kevin Thelwell’s son joining Rangers as the club’s new recruitment chief.

It’s understood that the Ibrox club are poised to confirm that Robbie Thelwell, whose father is the club’s sporting director, is set to take up the key position.

Head of technical scouting and loan management at Norwich City for the past year, Thelwell, who’s aged 26, was previously at Aston Villa in a scouting role and also worked for four years at Wolves while studying for a degree in Sports Coaching Practice.

The imminent appointment has raised eyebrows among a fanbase that’s already up in arms over the fact that Martin hasn’t been sacked despite Rangers’ dire start to the season.

But the manager last night strongly backed the move and insisted that Thelwell senior wouldn’t have approved it if he didn’t believe it was the right move for the club.

'The person most aware of that - having had chats with him - would be Kevin,’ Martin said.

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