The Rangers can forget Dyche & Gerrard by hiring an “exceptional” upgrade Martin

The days of Russell Martin as a manager of the Glasgow Rangers are surely counted.

To date, the shortest permanent coach in the history of 153 years of the Ibrox Club is Pedro Caixinha, who has only taken care of 26 games in 2017.

For Martin to reach this brand, he should always be in charge when the Light Blues faces Braga in the Europa League on November 27 which, at the moment, feels frankly fanciful.

On Saturday, the Gers was beaten 2-0 by the heart of Midlothian in Ibrox, which means that they failed to win their five opening league games for the second time in their history, which also did it in 1978, currently seated in the tenth in the Première table.

Thus, the supporters already wonder who will replace Martin as a manager, hoping that the 49ers make this decision as soon as possible, but should they opt for a candidate more on the left, a work rented for the “exceptional” work he did in his previous club, rather than for the obvious options?

The main candidates to become a manager of Rangers

According to reports, the two fronts to become the new director of the Rangers are Steven Gerrard and Sean Dyche.

Gerrard has been unemployed since he was dismissed by the Saudi team from the Saudi League Al-Ettifaq in January, having won only 19 of the 55 games in charge.

His time as a boss of Aston Villa did not go particularly well either, but the legend of Liverpool had a very successful time at Ibrox.

In 192 games as boss of the Rangers, Gerrard collected 124 victories, leading them to memorable European victories on Porto, Feyenoord, Braga, Galatasaray and others, historically guiding the club to their only high -flying title since 2011, mainly deducting Celtic ten on a road.

The other candidate, Dyche, was dismissed by Everton in January, but is best known for his work in Burnley, leading them to two promotions, six successive seasons of the upper division and a first European campaign since 1967.

The Englishman is widely experienced, after having succeeded 332 Premier League games; By comparison, Martin only supervised 16 years old, winning only one.

Dyche would represent the archetypal meeting of the pair of hands, while the re-evaluation of Gerrard would suggest that the new owners simply turn to the past to rediscover old glories, they should therefore rather target a promising young coach.

Replacement of the dream of Russell Martin Rangers

During research in current managers, a name jumps from the page and it’s Danny Röhl.

Reports emerged during the summer that he was part of the Gers list, but we do not know if contact has been established.

After a player career without peculiarity, appearing for the German clubs of Lower League FSV Zwickau, Sachsen Leipzig and Eilenburg, he retired at the age of 21 to focus on becoming a coach.

Well, that certainly borne fruit because, after joining RB Leipzig in 2010, he worked as a coach for young people and video analyst before being appointed deputy director in 2016, after the promotion of Die Roten at the Bundesliga, working alongside Ralph Hasenhüttl.

After that, he went with Hasenhüttl to Southampton, before going to Bayern Munich, learning from Niko Kovač then Hansi to the Rekordmeister, working subsequently with the German national team for two years.

However, after Flick was dismissed as a boss of Die Mannschaft in 2023, he took his first role as a head coach, appointed Sheffield on Wednesday manager, becoming the youngest permanent boss in the history of the EFL at the age of only 34 years.

Well, Röhl would supervise 89 games in charge in Hillsborough, well loved by supporters, with Philip Buckingham of athletics describing the work he has done in OWLS as “exceptional”, suggesting that many large clubs should “covet” his signature.

The table below documents his statistics of his time in the Yorkshire.

While finishing the 20th and 12th may not seem spectacular, which is worth noting that, during his first season, when the German arrived in October, Sheffield Wednesday had won any of their first 13 EFL championship games, losing ten, collecting 14 points of their last six games to achieve a great escape.

In the meantime, the arrival at mid-table last season seems even more impressive since the owner Dejphon Chansiri mainly directs the club in the ground, with players and other staff members not being paid in time, if at all, which is why Röhl was released during the summer.

The rangers themselves have already benefited from the Hillsborough crisis, signing that the Star winger Djeidi Gassama for around 3 million pounds sterling, while it is clear for all those that are more than that.

Thus, Röhl has already proven that he is able to manage a crisis club, as well as to come and have an instant impact in mid-season, everything that needs the rangers at the moment, so that the 49ers should be daring and name the 36-year-old man as soon as possible.