Monday night's bombshell saw reports that Davide Ancelotti is in the running to become the next manager of Rangers.
And the verdict on potential? Utterly shameless!
The 35-year-old has worked as number two to his legendary father Carlo Ancelotti at Bayern Munich, Napoli, Everton and Real Madrid but if he does land the gig in Govan will become a manager in his own right for the first time.
And while the rookie could get strong financial backing of incoming Gers owners 49ers Enterprises one punter has drawn up a comparison with one ill-fated Rangers boss from recent memory. Willie Mercer, Dumfries, wrote: "If it is reported that Ancelotti Jnr is the next manager of Rangers, then I fear that we are getting another (Michael) Beale.
"Someone who is good on the training pitch but who has zero management experience. Add to this the fact that he has no knowledge or understanding of the dynamics of Scottish football, further adds to the concerns. Given Rangers lack of success over the last decade, and Celtics dominance, now is not the time for the club to be experimenting or taking risks on a rookie manager."
Robert Livingstone, Palm Beach said: If it's a done deal then that's quite an amazing choice for the 49ers to hire an assistant manager. I'd say his father (who's won every European trophy several times over ) had a say in the transactions.
"It's not the outcome fans would want, but in North America, Real Madrid with Carlo Ancelotti is one of the most famous soccer teams in the world and in the 49ers front office up to Jed York know about Real Madrid's European cup and cl pedigree.
"(It's) certainly it seems a very unusual move to make and also does come with risks as he'd know nothing about the Scottish game."
However, Gord
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