A low-key Old Firm encounter preceded Barry Ferguson’s strongest public pitch yet to be made the Rangers manager. Nobody should be in any doubt that he can talk the talk.

Winds of change are about to blow through Ibrox. A takeover by an ­American investment group is close, Kevin Thelwell will arrive as the director of football and the ­Rangers squad will undergo a ­necessary overhaul. The most significant element, though, surrounds who will be ­leading the team by the time ­European ­qualifiers arrive in July. Steven Gerrard, Russell Martin and Sean Dyche are known to be in the frame. Ferguson, who was catapulted into the front line from ambassadorial duties, wants to see them all off. He also wants to do it quickly.

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