{"id":529554,"date":"2023-10-02T07:28:55","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T06:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/?p=529554"},"modified":"2023-10-02T07:28:57","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T06:28:57","slug":"exclusive-rangers-set-sights-on-graham-potter-after-approach-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/exclusive-rangers-set-sights-on-graham-potter-after-approach-made\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Rangers set sights on Graham Potter after approach made"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Rangers have not given up hope of luring Graham Potter as they set their sights on an A-list manager who has can develop players and build a winning team, sources have told Football Insider.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The former Chelsea and Brighton boss, 48, is the top target for the Ibrox giants as they explore potential replacements for Michael Beale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rangers announced<\/a> on Sunday night they have dismissed Beale after just 10 months in charge, following Saturday’s defeat to Aberdeen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It appeared to come out of the blue from the Ibrox board but that is not the case. Football Insider<\/strong>\u00a0exclusively revealed<\/a>\u00a0on 8th September that Rangers had made an approach to Potter in the wake of a calamitous week that ended in Old Firm defeat to Celtic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Potter is biding his time before returning to management after offers from a number of clubs since his Chelsea sacking in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He held talks over the Lyon job before pulling out and snubbed offers from Southampton and Leicester City during the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Potter and his advisers believe his CV merits a job at an elite club who are in the Champions League or capable of reaching that level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rangers are prepared to be patient in their pursuit of a manager who can improve a team, that bar the remarkable Europa League run under Giovanni van Bronckhorst, has been treading water since Aston Villa poached Steven Gerrard in November 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steven Davis, who was a talisman of the team under Gerrard in his second spell at the club, has been placed in interim charge, with Rangers hinting it could prove to be a fairly lengthy spell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He will be assisted by current club coaches Steven Smith and Brian Gilmour, former player Alex Rae and goalkeeping coach Colin Stewart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Potter burnished his reputation at Brighton and was headhunted by Chelsea before taking over in September last year, replacing Thomas Tuchel at the helm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 48-year-old was in charge of the team for just under seven months before he was sacked and replaced by interim Frank Lampard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other news, McAvennie \u2018laughing\u2019 at Kemar Roofe as new Rangers details emerge<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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