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Barry Ferguson appeared on Wednesday night’s Hotline Live on Record Sport<\/p>\nThe former captain isn’t having any chat that the job isn’t as appealing as it has been in the past<\/p>\n
19:35, 08 Oct 2025Updated 20:02, 08 Oct 2025<\/p>\n
Barry Ferguson appeared on Wednesday night’s Hotline Live on Record Sport<\/p>\n
Barry Ferguson says Rangers<\/a> cannot give up hope of winning the Premiership title despite their disastrous start to the season.<\/p>\n And the Ibrox hero has also scoffed at suggestions that potential managers will be put off by the club’s current plight.<\/p>\n Gers are on the hunt for their fifth permanent boss in the last four years after sacking Russell Martin<\/a> last weekend, with the side marooned in eighth place in the table having won just one of their first seven matches.<\/p>\n Record Sport has exclusively revealed that chairman Andrew Cavenagh and right-hand man Paraag Marathe will hold talks with Steven Gerrard this week to see if they can try and convince him to come back to Ibrox<\/a>, while the likes of Danny Rohl, Mark van Bommel and Kevin Muscat have been put forward as potential candidates for the role.<\/p>\n Rangers infamously failed in a bid to appoint Derek McInnes as manager back in 2017, and we have also learned just how much they would have to pay Hearts to even get permission to speak to the high-flying Jambos boss<\/a>.<\/p>\n As well as falling 11 points behind the capital club at the top of the Premiership, the Light Blues have also got off to a poor start in the Europa League with successive defeats to Genk and Sturm Graz.<\/p>\n But with a Premier Sports Cup semi-final showdown with bitter rivals Celtic on the horizon, Record Sport columnist Ferguson is adamant that there is still plenty to play for on all four fronts for the new man in the dugout, whoever it may be.<\/p>\n Speaking on Wednesday’s Hotline Live<\/a>, he said: “I think that Rangers need to get a manager in a quickly as possible alongside his staff to get to work.<\/p>\n “It’s still early in the season and there are 31 (league) games still left domestically and 93 points to play for.<\/p>\n “There is still a lot of football (to be played). I don’t think it’s over yet. They are in four competitions.<\/p>\n “You can never give up (going for a league title). Nine points behind Celtic and 11 points behind Hearts.<\/p>\n “Fair due to Hearts, they have had a brilliant start to the season but I don’t think Celtic are firing on all cylinders.”<\/p>\n Ferguson – who stood in as interim manager for the final three months of last season in the wake of Phillippe Clement’s dismissal, added: “I don’t even think about Hearts, I just see it as a brilliant opportunity for Rangers so early in the season.<\/p>\n “It’s a great opportunity. I am hearing people saying ‘I don’t know if that is a job that certain managers would touch’.<\/p>\n “Give me peace… what a job it is to get. The most important thing is for the manager who gets this job, just make sure you get a connection in those stands. If you get that, what a place it is.”<\/p>\n Follow Record Sport on Twitter<\/a>, Facebook<\/a> and Instagram<\/a> for all of the up-to-the minute breaking news, video and audio on the SPFL, the Scotland national team and beyond.<\/p>\n You can get all the news you need on our dedicated Rangers<\/a> page and sign up to our newsletters<\/a> to make sure you never miss a beat throughout the season.<\/p>\n We’re also on WhatsApp where we bring all the latest breaking news and transfer gossip directly to you phone. Join our Rangers community here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Tune in to Hotline Live<\/a> every Sunday to Thursday and have your say on the biggest issues in Scottish football and listen to Record Sport’s newest podcast, Game On<\/a>, every Friday for your sporting fix, all in bitesize chunks.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0_JS383194703.jpg\")
Rangers players look dejected <\/p>\n