There are just 2 players I’d keep at Rangers and this is the one manager who would rock it at Ibrox

“If they could get him it would be a serious coup. He’s unreal.”

That was the WhatsApp reply in June 2023 when I asked a Norwich City player about Celtic potentially going for Daniel Farke as gaffer.

After working with him for a few years at Carrow Road, he was blown away by the German’s work.

It shows you how highly rated he is by top pros in the game. And his three promotions from the Championship to the Premier League is testament to that.

In the end, Celtic didn’t go for Farke. They got Brendan Rodgers instead, which has proved to be an astute call judging by his second-stint trophy haul so far at Parkhead.

But as he gears up for potentially his last campaign in Glasgow, could Farke end up on the other side of the city trying to stop him?

Last week, it would have been absurd to even mention the 48-year-old as a contender for the Rangers manager’s job.

After all, he’d just guided Leeds United back to England’s top flight. Even on Monday night, Farke was being showered in champagne by his players following their thumping 4-0 win over Bristol City.

Serenaded by 37,000 adoring Elland Road fans, who want him at the helm when they return to where they feel they belong.

But this is the madness of the cash-rich Premier League. This is the chaos of English football.

This is American ownership. This is 49ers Enterprises, who are just about to take control of Rangers.

Paraag Marathe, a key player in the Ibrox buy-out, has flown into the UK for crunch talks with Farke over his future.

Leeds’ owners are questioning whether he’s the right man to be in charge for their latest tilt at the Premier League, after he was relegated with Norwich five years ago.

It’s ludicrous, of course. Farke wasn’t backed at all by the Canaries board at