GRAEME MURTY insists he doesn’t expect to pick up a pay packet worthy of a Rangers manager after being asked to remain in charge until the New Year.

The 43-year-old stepped into the dugout for half a dozen matches following the departure of Mark Warburton in February.

And he has four wins from six Premiership clashes to his credit since Pedro Caixinha was sacked in October.

The Light Blues board were left red faced when Derek McInnes turned down the chance to succeed the Portuguese as boss on Thursday night.

That decision means Murty will remain at the helm for a crucial run of top flight fixtures, which ends with an Old Firm derby at Parkhead.

But the Under-20s boss won’t put his personal benefits above the wellbeing of his side in the coming weeks.

He said: “I have been asked to fulfil a role. That role hasn’t changed in my eyes. Nothing else has been talked about.

“The term of it has changed slightly but as far as I am concerned I am in this position on an interim basis. I am cracking on with it and content with it on those terms.

“I am a Rangers Under-20s coach. The last thing on my mind is finance at this moment. To be perfectly honest, I wouldn’t expect to be paid as a Rangers manager, because I am not. I am Under-20s coach and I have a contract with the club in that regard.

“My wants and my needs, as I said at the outset, are at the very bottom of the process.

There are guys operating at a level above me whose job I wouldn’t want.

“They are getting smashed from pillar to post by everyone who thinks they are an expert in what goes on behind the scenes at this football club.”

The Ibrox board have come under fire for the drawn out nature of their bid to appoint a replacement for Caixinha and the snub by McInnes was another blow to the Light Blues.

Murty has once again been called upon to see the Gers through a difficult spell on the field as supporters turn the spotlight on the Directors Box.

He said: “There are mitigating circumstances in everything that has gone on. The board have taken time to do their due diligence, they have made an approach, the appointment didn’t come off.

“But the way it was conducted, as far as I am concerned, was very respectful to all concerned. It hasn’t been successful.

“The board have operated at all times with me in a very transparent way, towards me and my role.

“Anything else that goes on with that, anything else about the appointment you want clarity on, you have to go and talk to the board about.

“As far as I am concerned, my role has always been clearly lined out and set out for me to go and attack as I see fit.”