A number of former Rangers players are in the reckoning to be appointed manager as Michael Beale’s tenure was cut short at the weekend.
The writing has been on the wall for some weeks, after Rangers’ humiliating 5-1 defeat to PSV ended their hopes of reaching the Champions League group stages in emphatic style. It was ultimately league form that forced the Rangers board into taking action though, with defeat at home to Aberdeen leaving them seven points off the pace, and also struggling to keep pace with St Mirren, in a distant third place.
According to a statement released on the club website, Steven Davis has been placed in temporary charge, while “the search process for the new manager is already underway”.
In terms of replacements, your-bonus-code.com tell us there is a discrepancy between different betting sites as to the most likely candidates to step in permanently.
Kevin Muscat, who will be remembered fondly by fans as part of the Rangers squad which won a domestic treble in 2002–03, can be backed at 3/1, although some sites aren’t taking any chances and have him odds-on.
Derek McInnes, now in charge at Kilmarnock, is another old boy that could be considered, interim boss Steven Davis will hope to make an instant impression on the decision makers, while Gennaro Gattuso is also quoted even though a switch from Marseille would appear highly unlikely.
Of those without a history at the Glasgow giants, Pascal Jansen, currently at AZ, would apparently be open to talks, Kjetil Knutsen, perhaps most famous for leading Bodø/Glimt to a 6-1 win over Roma, and Graham Potter who impressed at Brighton before coming a cropper at Chelsea, are all potential candidates for a role that could be remain open until the international break later this month.
Selected next permanent Rangers manager odds* according to your-bonus-code.com:
Kevin Muscat - 3/1
Pascal Jansen - 10/1
Kjetil Knutsen - 12/1
Graham Potter - 12/1
Derek McInnes - 12/1
Kieran McKenna - 14/1
Steven Davis - 16/1
Neil Warnock - 16/1
Nathan Jones - 20/1
Jesse Marsch - 25/1
*Odds correct at 3pm on 2nd October 2023