SIMON JORDAN has branded the expected appointment of Michael Beale as Rangers boss as a "risk".

And the outspoken pundit went on to state Beale is a "Johnny-come-lately in the management world" as he warned he could suffer a similar fate to Giovanni van Bronckhorst at Rangers.

The Dutchman was dismissed from his post last Monday and it's expected Beale will succeed Van Bronckhorst and could be announced as early as today.

But Jordan reckons appointing the highly-rated and popular figure is a "risk" as he cited Beale's recent managerial record in his first job at QPR.

On talkSPORT, the pundit said: "I think Rangers are taking a risk.

"This is a guy that was a (coach) in their building period of time, he has been managing QPR for 20 games and the last four or five haven't been particularly compelling for Queens Park Rangers.

"I'm curious to see what QPR could have done or should have done or would have done."

Beale had turned down an approach from Premier League club Wolves last month and commented on his "integrity and loyalty" as he remained with his London employers.

However, QPR are reportedly expecting to lose Beale to the lure of a return to Ibrox.

Jordan reckons it shows Beale was against the terms presented by Wolves and not dedicated to remaining at the club as he edges closer to Rangers.

But the pundit went on to explain that Rangers are in a "very difficult" position as he warned over the cut-throat nature of management in Glasgow.

"Beale now has obviously indicated that it wasn't about staying with QPR," said Jordan.

"It was about Wolverhampton Wanderers' offer, attitude and outlook not particularly being to his liking.

"The bottom line here is that he goes to Rangers and maybe he will reap what he sows because Rangers are in a very difficult position.

"Celtic are dominant at this moment in time and the only game in town is what happens between Celtic and Rangers.

"He may fall foul of the same trap that Giovanni van Bronckhorst fell into.

"Producing a team that did commendable things in Europe, and then getting no latitude the moment you fall short in the Premiership and the manner in which you engage with the media."

Further commenting on Beale's journey to become a manager in his own right, Jordan added: "I don't admire this. I think he's a Johnny-come-lately who got a job at Queens Park Rangers on the back of someone giving him an opportunity.

"Because at this moment in time, no one knew whether he was going to be a good manager.

"He's a Johnny-come-lately in the management world. Someone had to take that plunge.

"Someone had to say: 'I am going to pluck you from the obscurity of being a member of the coaching staff and give you the big seat, I'm going to give you the opportunity to earn the right to be a manager and learn on my dime and my time'.

"The reward for that is he has indexed the walls and we all praised the pushback, and now here we are again with a situation manifesting itself that he is likely to go to Rangers.

"What could QPR have done? I don't think they could have done very much. I don't think they ever had control of their own destiny in that situation."

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