Rangers have sacked manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst after a year in charge.A statement from the Ibrox club on Monday morning read: "Rangers Football Club confirms today it has parted company with manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst."The board would like to put on record sincere thanks to Gio for all his efforts since his appointment as manager."The Ibrox club added in a statement on their website: "Unfortunately, results and performances over recent months haven't met expectations and the decision was made today by the board to terminate the contract of the manager.
The search for the new manager is now underway."Chairman Douglas Park added: "I want to thank Gio for the hard work he has put in over the last 12 months and, especially, the achievements of taking the club to the Europa League final and winning the Scottish Cup last season."Unfortunately, recent results have not met neither our nor Gio’s expectations, and we have taken this difficult decision today.