The Rangers 49ers must have rated Davide Ancelotti as a Hail Mary and will now be thankful of the fumbled pass

With their NFL background, the American money men set to pile their cash into Rangers will know a thing or two about the old Hail Mary pass.

For those who don’t know their tight ends from their elbow, it’s the fitba equivalent of a hit-and-hope punt up the park when you need a stoppage-time equaliser.

There’s always a chance it might come off, but 99 times out of 100 it ends in bitter disappointment.

And that’s exactly what Rangers’ supposed pursuit of Davide Ancelotti felt like – a major gamble on suspect odds.

Sure Carlo’s boy has a pretty impressive CV on the face of it having worked alongside his old man at Bayern Munich, PSG, Napoli, Everton and Madrid.

He’ll have picked up plenty seeing how Ancelotti Snr - one of the game’s true coaching greats - operates up close on a daily basis.

The 35-year-old will have gleaned a proper insight too into the mindset that makes the world’s best players tick having helped the likes of Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Junior and Luca Modric prepare for huge Champions League ties with Real.

In Germany, he’ll have racked up valuable hours working on the training pitch alongside superstars such as Robert Lewandowski and Arjen Robben.

During his stint on Merseyside, Davide won the admiration of Everton insiders for the relentless graft he put in while supporting his dad, and his inventive work around set-pieces.

All that was mentioned when he was linked to the Toffees top job on a couple of occasions, including earlier this season when Sean Dyche got his jotters.

But with Premier League survival hanging in the balance, the Goodison board decided that was not the time to gamble on an untested boss who has been given a leg up in the game largely thanks to his family name.

Davide may very well end