Next Rangers Manager Odds

Rangers are on the lookout for a new manager following the sacking of Giovanni van Bronckhorst after a poor first half of the season for the Ibrox club.

At present, Rangers are nine points off their bitter rivals Celtic as they sit in second place, hence why there was mounting pressure on the Dutch coach. On top of this, Gers exited the Champions League in embarrassing circumstances, as they finished on zero points in Group A with a minus-20 goal difference.

Van Bronckhorst took over at Rangers in November 2021 following the departure of Steven Gerrard to Aston Villa and managed the Scottish Premiership side 68 times, winning 42 times, drawing on 12 occasions and losing 14 matches, equating to a win percentage of 61.76%.

During his time at Rangers, it wasn’t all doom and gloom for the Dutchman, with notable highlights seeing him lead them to the 2021/22 Europa League final, knocking out the likes of RB Leipzig and Borussia Dortmund along the way. Van Bronckhorst also won the 2021/22 Scottish Cup at the expense of Hearts at Hampden Park.

Gerrard’s former assistant manager at Rangers and Aston Villa Michael Beale is the early favourite for the job.

Beale is believed to have played a large part in Gerrard’s early managerial successes and has shown that he has the capability to be a superb manager, as his QPR side that he manages at present sits seventh in the table after 21 matches.

Prior to his roles at Gers, Villa and QPR, Beale had been a youth coach at Chelsea where he trained the likes of Dominic Solanke and Tammy Abraham, before finding his way to becoming assistant manager of Sao Paolo, before returning to England as a youth coach at Liverpool.

Beale is priced at 1/1 to make a return to Rangers - click on the link to claim this bet in your bet slip!

Ex-Burnley manager Sean Dyche is the second favourite for the vacancy at Ibrox.

In his nine years at Turf Moor, Dyche built himself a reputation for being able to manage low-budget sides to success, something he may have to cope with at Rangers while also developing players Dyche earned promotion from the Championship with the Clarets in 2013/14 and 2015/16.

During his time at Burnley, Dyche even lead the club to the Europa League qualifying stages following a seventh-place finish in the 2017/18 campaign.

It would certainly be interesting to see how Dyche would get on at the Old Firm club having been so successful at Burnley while showing that he can handle league title races when winning promotion from the Championship.

Dyche is priced at 3/1 to join Rangers.

Former Rangers player Kevin Muscat has been linked with a shock return to Ibrox.

Muscat made 22 league appearances for Gers in 2002/03 and currently manages Japanese outfit Yokohoma Marinos who he won the J1 League title with this year.

Since becoming a manager back in 2013 with Melbourne Victory, Muscat managed to win the A-League Championship twice in 2014/15 and 2017/18 as well as the A-League Premiership in 2014/15.

In between his spell with Melbourne Victory and Yokohoma Marinos, Muscat managed Belgian Pro League outfit where he had an unsuccessful time, having won just twice in 15 games between June 2020 and December 2020.

Muscat is priced at 5/1 to become Rangers next manager.

The final manager on this list is Ralph Hasenhuttl who is without a job following his recent sacking from Southampton.

Hasenhuttl showed himself as a Premier League standard manager during his time at St Mary’s, having done well with a limited budget with the Saints, winning 59 and drawing 41 of his 173 matches.

Prior to his time at Southampton, Hasenhuttl managed to finish second with RB Leipzig in their debut Bundesliga season. The 55-year-old also won promotion to the Bundesliga with Ingolstadt in 2014/15 before consolidating their status in the top flight.

Rangers are priced at 10/1 to appoint Hasenhuttl.