Kenny Miller has launched a defence of Rangers former sporting director Ross Wilson.

The 39-year-old left for Nottingham Forest earlier in the week amid fan protests and widespread discontent online from fans.

He will take a far-reaching role with the Premier League club who have been looking to bring him in for some time.

And while Miller gets why fans have been frustrated, he doesn't think Wilson is solely to blame and is partially a victim of circumstance.

He told the Daily Record: "I get the frustrations of the fans who were expecting Rangers to kick on after they won the league. It never quite happened. Celtic, under Ange, came straight back and dominated. I do feel some of the criticism thrown at Ross earlier in the season was harsh because it wasn’t just down to him.

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"It definitely wouldn’t be a case of Wilson telling Giovanni van Bronckhorst or Gerrard who they would be signing. It would have been a collaboration and it’s the same with Beale over club recruitment. If you go through all of last summer’s signings you could probably pick holes in them all. There have been a couple of summers when the signings weren’t great.

"That is what the fans were jumping on. Van Bronckhorst was getting it in the neck then he was replaced. The supporters couldn’t really get on to Michael because, apart from Celtic, he has won the majority of the games. So the finger was pointed at the board and the sporting director.

"If Rangers were top of the league then a lot of the fans wouldn’t care about the recruitment. If your team is top of the league it can paper over the cracks. There is no doubt Ross will reflect.

"Mistakes have been made but, as a sporting director, it is a job where you are not going to get everything right. I am sure everyone at the club will wish Ross all the best at Nottingham Forest. Rangers now have to move on and make sure any mistakes over the last two summers aren’t repeated again because there has to be a response and the starting XI improved."