GAME, SET & MATCH.. MADE IN HEAVEN

Clement stands by decision to pick football over tennis as he feels the love of leading Gers family

- SCOTT MCDERMOTT

AT times this season you would think that Philippe Clement must have wished he had stuck to tennis.

After all, the Belgian was adept at two sports as a kid and had a choice to make.

Clement decided to go down the football route and the rest is history.

But right now he probably feels as lonely at Ibrox as he ever did standing on a court baseline.

At the weekend, after Rangers' 3-1 win over St Johnstone, the manager claimed that he felt alone in the desert earlier in this campaign.

But Clement isn't one to look for sympathy.

He's feeling the heat as Rangers manager but insists he's a big enough boy to take it.

And there was a reason why he ditched his racquet and kept playing football as a youngster.

He wanted to achieve things as a team, not on his own.

That's why he's so hell-bent on finishing the job he started at Rangers and making the club No.1 in Scotland again.

Clement has been under the cosh at various points during a turbulent season.

However, after revealing that he'll never quit the job, he claims he's not looking for an arm around his shoulder either.

Ahead of tonight's must-win game against Aberdeen, Clement said: "It's not about me. It's about this club and the people.

"I get satisfaction from that, not how many trophies I win.

"Or as a player, how many appearances for the national team I got or whatever. I never got any satisfaction from that.

"I get satisfaction from doing things with people together, to create something special.