Danny Rohl was appointed Russell Martin’s successor on Monday in what was a shock move after the German ruled him out of the job earlier this month. The Scottish giants came close to appointing both Steven Gerrard and Kevin Muscat before finally locking down Rohl who will try to steer the club in the right direction.
Rangers travel to Norway to take on Brann in the Europa League in what will be Rohl’s first game in charge this week. Ahead of the game, Cavenagh has opened up on the manager situation, which he says the club did not “screw up”.
"I think the misconception that's out there that I'd like to just clarify around the names you mentioned is that somehow (Thelwell and Stewart) screwed it up," Cavenagh said.
"I was involved in every single telephone call, every single meeting, every minute with both (Gerrard and Muscat).
"And I don't believe that they didn't come because they didn't like Patrick or they didn't want a sporting director.
"Eventually, it didn't work largely due to timing on their part, a little bit on our part with the case of Kevin.
"While I'm happy to talk about this, our focus going forward is not on who didn't come, it's on who did come and we're incredibly happy that Danny Rohl is the head coach of Rangers Football Club."
Rohl, just 36 years old, has a very tough task ahead of him after Martin left the club in dire straits. He will attempt to use his experience at Sheffield Wednesday, where he kept the club afloat despite various problems behind the scenes, similarly to Rangers.