{"id":192572,"date":"2025-10-11T10:22:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T10:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/192572\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T10:22:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T10:22:07","slug":"scottish-gossip-gerrard-raskin-rohl-suleiman-orjasaeter-budge-wilson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/192572\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottish gossip: Gerrard, Raskin, Rohl, Suleiman, Orjasaeter, Budge, Wilson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Steven Gerrard&#8217;s return to Rangers as team boss is all but sealed, with a deal all but agreed and the former England midfielder&#8217;s return could be announced this weekend. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk\/sport\/football\/steven-gerrard-set-announced-rangers-36045013\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Scottish Daily Express), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rangers were holding further talks with Steven Gerrard on Friday as they look to appoint a new team boss, but while initial discussions were described as &#8220;constructive&#8221;, the Scottish Premiership club are speaking to a number of candidates, including former Sheffield Wednesday manager Danny Rohl. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AnthonyRJoseph\/status\/1976611643883929800\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow\">(Anthony Joseph on X), external<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rangers have not made a final decision in their search for a new manager and sources at Ibrox again insist that the process is still ongoing after Steven Gerrard held talks with the club this week but with further interviews still to take place. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Chris_Jack89\/status\/1976600122969428186\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow\">(Chris Jack on X), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Steven Gerrard is the leading candidate to be Rangers&#8217; new team boss after meeting with club officials on Thursday, but talks continue and the appointment process is still ongoing, with Danny Rohl another name that has been interviewed. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RangersReview55\/status\/1976633088433086638\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow\">(Rangers Review), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Steven Gerrard has agreed in principle to return to Rangers following talks with the club&#8217;s hierarchy and chairman Andrew Cavenagh, who met the Englishman and presented his plans, wants him to establish a new Ibrox &#8220;dynasty&#8221;. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GraemeBailey\/status\/1976618157927436296\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow\">(Graeme Bailey on X), external<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rangers are close to reaching total agreement with Steven Gerrard to become their manager for a second time and he will be given money to spend in January to improve his squad. <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/3624517\/steven-gerrard-rangers-return-talks-next-manager\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(TalkSport), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Steven Gerrard has given his firm commitment to return to Rangers as manager following advanced talks in Glasgow, with the club poised to agree the conditions of the deal. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/news\/steven-gerrard-says-yes-to-spectacular-rangers-return-with-negotiations-advanced-sources\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(TeamTalk), external<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rangers will continue talks with Steven Gerrard over the weekend, with the former team boss undoubtedly the leading candidate to be team boss, but chairman Andrew Cavenagh and vice-chairman Paraag Marathe have also met with rival candidates &#8211; including former Sheffield Wednesday coach Danny Rohl. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/steven-gerrards-exact-stance-rangers-36048733\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Daily Record), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rangers are still in discussions with other managerial candidates after holding talks with former team boss Steven Gerrard. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/sport\/25533371.next-rangers-manager-latest-steven-gerrard-situation-clarified\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(The Herald), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Besiktas, with the approval of head coach Sergen Yalcin, have started working to sign 24-year-old Belgium midfielder Nicolas Raskin from Rangers in the January transfer window. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/yeniacikcom\/status\/1976585950622027791\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow\">(Yeni Acik on X), external<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Steven Gerrard&#8217;s return to Rangers as team boss is all but sealed, with a deal all but agreed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192573,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-192572","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}