Rangers close to appointing Giovanni van Bronckorst as new manager

The former

full-back held talks on Saturday with the club and again on Tuesday and seems that he is nearing a return to Ibrox to replace

Steven Gerrard

, who departed for

.

The Dutchman is now a free agent after quitting his most recent post in China with

for family reasons. He previously led

for four years, winning the Eredivisie title and two domestic cups.

Team B coaches

David McCallum

and

Brian Gilmour

, along with goalkeeping coach

Colin Stewart

and player-coach

Jermain Defoe

will lead Rangers when they face

in the League Cup semi-finals on Sunday.

Following that encounter, Rangers will play

in the Europa League at Ibrox before traveling to

and Hibernian in the league.

Rangers are currently sitting at the top of the Scottish Premiership after 13 matches, four points ahead of rivals

in second.

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