Overview

• Steven Gerrard is meeting chairman Andrew Cavenagh and vice-chair Paraag Marathe in London as negotiations advance over a possible return to Ibrox.
• Reports indicate Gerrard wants the final say on transfers plus assurances of funds to strengthen in the January window before accepting the job.
• Rangers are discussing potential staff hires linked to a Gerrard comeback, with Jermain Defoe and Gary McAllister reported as options and Steve Holland newly touted by the Daily Record.
• A technical taxation or administrative matter from Gerrard’s time in Saudi Arabia is cited by one pundit as a possible complication that could slow any appointment.
• The talks follow the sacking of Russell Martin after a poor start, with the new US-led ownership directing the search; other names have been sounded out, though Sean Dyche is reported to be uninterested.