Davide Ancelotti
will join father Carlo in charge of Brazil for their matches with Ecuador and Paraguay next month, but has not ruled out a move to Rangers as he considers his options amid interest from Ibrox.
(Rangers Review),external
Rangers
have held positive discussions with
Real Madrid
assistant Ancelotti, with a decision expected by the end of May and, although no contract has yet been tabled, the 35-year-old will not wait for other clubs to table offers for his services if he decides the project is right for him.
(Rangers Review),external
Rangers
are set to step up their efforts to bring Steven Gerrard back to Ibrox as they approach the end of Barry Ferguson’s spell as interim head coach.
(Football Insider),external
Sean Dyche, who has been without a job since leaving Everton earlier this season and has been linked with the
Rangers
vacancy, says he has no immediate plans to return to management.
(Stick To Football podcast),external
Former
Heart of Midlothian
head coach Steven Naismith has not ruled himself out of the running to become the next
Kilmarnock
manager after he quickly emerged as a frontrunner to succeed Derek McInnes, who is expected to become Hearts boss next week.
(The Warm-up podcast),external
Kilmarnock
want to hold talks with their former striker, Steven Naismith, as they begin the search for a successor to
Hearts
-bound manager Derek McInnes.
(Scottish Sun),external
Manager Derek McInnes told
Kilmarnock
he would not be in the dugout for Sunday’s final game of the season against
Hearts
before Wednesday’s defeat by Motherwell.
(Scottish Sun),external
Derek McInnes told
Kilmarnock’s
players that he had managed them for the last time moments after their defeat by Motherwell on Wednesday night.
(Daily Record),external
Scotland cap Tom Cairney, the 34-year midfielder who is out of contract with top-flight
Fulham
this summer, has been made a £50,000-a-week offer to join
Wrexham
following their promotion to the Championship.
(TalkSport),external
With Vaclav Cerny’s future uncertain as he approaches the end of his loan spell with
Rangers
from
Wolfsburg
, the 27-year-old winger’s wife, Denisa, has posted a picture of a packed suitcase on her Instagram account saying they will be spending some time in their native Czech Republic this summer.
(Scottish Sun),external
Hibernian
have expressed an interest in midfielder Ryan Ledson, who is leaving
Preston North End
this summer, but his former club,
Oxford United
,
Bolton Wanderers
,
Huddersfield Town
and
Plymouth Argyle
also want the 27-year-old.
(Daily Record),external
Kyogo Furuhashi’s future at
Rennes
has been plunged into further doubt after director of football Frederic Massara, who brought the 30-year-old striker to France from
Celtic
, has left the club.
(Daily Record),external
Scottish football is set to retain the current league set up after plans to revamp the lower leagues failed to attract enough support after Championship clubs were asked to consider expanding the second tier from 10 clubs to 12 or 14.
(The Herald),external
A restructure of tier five of Scottish football is on the verge of being completed and introduced for season 2026-27, with the Lowland League split into east and west sections and the Highland League being fed by the North Region Juniors and the North Caledonian League.
(Press & Journal),external
source: bbc sport