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VAN’S THE MAN
Former Celtic striker Charlie Nicholas reckons appointing Giovanni van Bronckhorst can keep Rangers at the top of Scottish football – but the turmoil caused by Steven Gerrard’s departure “will have delighted” Celtic.
Charlie can’t see past the former Dutch international – who a club delegation met on Saturday in London – for the post.
But then he admits that he was surprised that Gerrard left for Villa in the first place.
He told the Daily Express: “If I were on the Rangers board then van Bronckhorst is the one I would go for.
“Developments at Ibrox will have delighted the green and white side of the city.
“I am not saying Celtic are now favourites but if they can win matches and put the pressure on the new Rangers manager then it will be interesting to see what pans out.
“Van Bronckhorst, as a player and a coach, has done well. He seems to have done well when he was still a young coach. He has done it with style at a difficult club in Feyenoord.
“I have played and been involved with Feyenoord through the years and they are a top Dutch club but they seem to never be far away from one crisis or another.
“There is an expectation on Feyenoord from their fans and like the Rangers fans they are very vocal. It seems he already has the Rangers fans on-side from his time as a player.
“The flip side of that is the new manager could be in place for Sunday for their League Cup semi-final with Hibs, so very quickly the new man could be in a final and could lift a trophy very quickly into his time at Ibrox.
“That would eclipse what Steven Gerrard did in his first couple of years.
“Gerrard is leaving them as champions but they are still that unpredictable force. One trophy in nine isn’t the greatest of records.
“It was a success story in stopping Celtic making it 10-in-a-row. So that job was done but the team could have delivered a lot more.
“Whoever takes over there are still the financial issues and they might well have to sell to balance the books.”
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