Truth behind the next Rangers manager search and the insanity of making the mother of all assumptions – Keith Jackson

The assumption appears to be Rangers have found their man.

That Davide Ancelotti’s services have already been secured and that this young thruster will soon bring his famous family name to Ibrox when he begins the task of fronting up the club’s imminent American funded rebuild.

The length of his contract is already a matter of public knowledge. Both Ancelotti and his right hand man from Real Madrid’s backroom team, Francesco Mauri, will sign three-year deals now that the son is ready to step out of the father’s considerable shadow.

Some Rangers fans are beside themselves at the prospect of it all, given the wealth of coaching experience Ancelotti’s Jnr has picked up following Don Carlo around some of the biggest clubs and leagues in European football.

They are assuming that the apple will not have fallen far from the tree. That Ancelotti 2.0 will almost automatically hit the ground running like some new and improved version of his old man.

But assumption is also the mother of all failures.

Which is why the men in charge of the process of appointing the next Rangers manager are absolutely correct to proceed with a great deal of caution, even if much trusted media outlets in Spain and Italy have concluded that it’s a done deal already.

The truth is, it’s not done and dusted at all. It’s hardly even started.

And, if in the end it does indeed transpire that Ancelotti is the chosen one, then contracts will be handed only when the likes of chief executive Patrick Stewart, sporting director Kevin Thelwell and San Francisco 49ers influencer Gretar Steinsson are good and ready to commit.

That can’t happen until such times as they have gone through their own thorough recruitment process - vetting and interviewing a list of fancied