{"id":206968,"date":"2025-10-12T07:24:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T07:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/206968\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T07:24:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T07:24:09","slug":"danny-rohl-is-next-rangers-manager-frontrunner-as-ibrox-chiefs-interview-three-steven-gerrard-alternatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/206968\/","title":{"rendered":"Danny Rohl is next Rangers manager frontrunner as Ibrox chiefs interview three Steven Gerrard alternatives"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Sheffield Wednesday gaffer Rohl is now the leading candidate to replace Russell Martin\"DannyDanny Rohl(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Rangers have been forced to turn their attention to other managerial candidates after Steven Gerrard<\/a> pulled out of the race to become gaffer.<\/p>\n

The former Ibrox boss held positive talks with club chiefs in London this weekend about a stunning return to Glasgow.<\/a><\/p>\n

But Gerrard felt the timing wasn’t right to become Russell Martin’s<\/a> replacement and the 45-year-old is now out of the running.<\/p>\n

Rangers’<\/a> hierarchy were informed that the Liverpool legend was withdrawing from the process<\/a> and they’re now speaking to other candidates.<\/p>\n

German coach Danny Rohl is the new favourite after impressing senior figures at Ibrox in preliminary discussions.<\/p>\n

Mailsport understands ex-Chelsea and West Ham boss Graham Potter and former Wolves manager Gary O’Neil have also been sounded out.<\/p>\n

But Rohl is a front-runner for the job.<\/p>\n

The 36-year-old has previously been assistant boss at Bayern Munich, Southampton and the German national team – before a two-year stint as Hillsborough boss.<\/p>\n

He left the crisis club this summer and is looking for a return to management.<\/p>\n

Potter is also of interest to Rangers after his short-lived stint at West Ham ended in September following just nine months at the helm.<\/p>\n

The former Swansea and Brighton head coach is on Gers\u2019 radar but Mailsport understands he’s unlikely to take on the role at Ibrox.<\/p>\n

\"GrahamGraham Potter and Billy Reid at West Ham<\/p>\n

Ex-Bournemouth and Wolves gaffer O\u2019Neil has been out of work since being sacked at Molineux last December.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s another Rangers are considering after they fired Martin last weekend, with the Ibrox side lying eighth in the Scottish Premiership table.<\/p>\n

After Gerrard agreed to speak to the club in the last few days, excited Rangers fans expected him to secure a sensational second spell in charge.<\/p>\n

After leading them to their 55th title four years ago, the England icon left for Aston Villa but is keen on a return to management after leaving Saudi club Al-Ettifaq.<\/p>\n

Despite constructive talks with chairman Andrew Cavenagh and Parrag Marathe that won’t be happening.<\/p>\n

It’s understood Gerrard was grateful for the backing he’s received from Rangers fans to replace Martin and hasn’t ruled out managing the club again in the future.<\/p>\n

But for now, the club’s hierarchy are tasked with trying to get a new man in place for Saturday’s Premiership fixture at home to Dundee United.<\/p>\n

Rohl is a leading candidate but it’s understood others will be spoken to in the next 48 hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Sheffield Wednesday gaffer Rohl is now the leading candidate to replace Russell MartinDanny Rohl(Image: Getty Images) Rangers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206969,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[101111,49,48,3293,101112,9323,9329,9328,17229,561,82,101109,101110],"class_list":["post-206968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-andrew-cavenagh","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-chelsea-fc","tag-dundee-united-fc","tag-rangers-fc","tag-russell-martin","tag-scottish-premiership","tag-scottish-professional-football-league","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-steven-gerrard","tag-west-ham-united-fc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}