Peter Lovenkrands reveals post Rangers rollercoaster amid meddling owner and botched takeover bid

No coaching course could have prepared Peter Lovenkrands for it. In fact, on his SFA licence, David Moyes did a talk on potential problems you might face as a manager - where he used some worst case scenario examples. But none of them were as bad as this.

After all, where in the manual does it talk about a Russian billionaire’s son demanding you pick his chosen players? Was there a chapter on being given an Armenian assistant who was actually suspected of feeding stuff back to the owner? When was the Zoom call about dealing with an American takeover - only to realise the cash was from HASH farms so couldn’t be used?

And where was the lecture on finding out the day before a game your club had hours to live - but it was saved with just 30 minutes to spare? The truth is, nothing could have readied Lovenkrands for his first ever job at Danish side Fremad Amager. And incredibly, all of this happened during his first year in the dug-out.

Yet despite a multitude of issues on and off the pitch, he managed to keep them up last season. With two games to spare, their status in Denmark’s equivalent of the Championship was secured. And the overwhelming relief Lovenkrands felt was like nothing he’s experienced before in the game.

The former Rangers, Newcastle and Schalke forward won trophies and savoured big moments in his career. But at the end of a tumultuous year as a gaffer, he’s rarely been more proud. And you know what? It might just be the making of him as a manager. Because wherever he ends up in the future, they will get a far better boss as a result. The 42-year-old took the plunge by leaving a comfortable job as Gers’ B Team coach by returning home. But he could never have foreseen the challenge that awaited him at