Three next Rangers manager options as Michael Beale sacked
As Michael Beale is sacked all attentions are quickly turning to who the next Rangers manager will be.
Steven Gerrard’s former Ibrox assistant has failed to live up to his own hype and after falling seven points behind in the Scottish Premiership, is now out on his behind.
Steven Davis and Alex Rae have been drafted in to steady the ship.
Defeats to Kilmarnock, Celtic and Aberdeen in the Scottish Premiership have sealed the manager’s fate but a failure to qualify for the Champions League and some questionable recruitment has not helped.
For the Rangers fans, they’re all asking who the club’s next manager is going to be and here are three immediate options who have been talked up previously as Michael Beale is relieved of his duties.
Graham Potter – next Rangers manager?
As things started to go sour for Michael Beale, ex-Chelsea boss Graham Potter was one of the first names mentioned.
The former Brighton manager is considered one of the English game’s brightest young coaches and is currently without a job after being sacked from Todd Boehly’s Chelsea experiment.
Having recently turned down an approach from Lyon, Graham Potter is the ideal next manager choice of many Rangers fans but can the club convince the coach to move to Ibrox? Could we even afford him?
Kevin Muscat – from Japan to Scotland?
At the risk of streamlining in on Celtic’s swoop for Ange Postecoglou, Kevin Muscat is another name mentioned in Rangers circles.
A former Ibrox player – having spent a treble winning season at the club in 02/03 – the Australian manager does tick a lot of boxes.
A winner with Yokohama F Marinos – as Postecoglou was before him – there’s a decent pedigree there.
Couple this with a fluent attacking style and a no nonsense approach which defined his playing career and the Australian is many people’s next Rangers manager favourite.
But if all goes wrong, could we suffer the added indignation of imitating our rivals unsuccessfully?
Derek McInnes – a Premiership stalwart?
Now we know that Derek McInnes isn’t everyone’s cup of tea at Rangers for a number of reasons.
Firstly, the ex-Aberdeen boss’ brand of football might be hard to beat but for many it’s also hard to watch.
Rangers fans have a vision beyond traditional Scottish grit and for many this would be an unambitious appointment.
But the Kilmarnock manager is now without his positive traits and a timid and shy Rangers could certainly do with being harder to push around.
Couple this with McInnes knowing how to get the job done domestically and it’s an appointment which could steady the ship.
That said, having been offered the job in 2018, perhaps many believe this particular ship has already sailed for the former Rangers midfielder.
