Overview

• Rangers chairman Andrew Cavenagh and vice-chairman Paraag Marathe are due to meet Gerrard in London on Thursday to discuss the vacancy.
• Multiple outlets report Gerrard is the preferred candidate, with Fabrizio Romano saying negotiations are advancing and the club is confident, though no deal is done.
• Gerrard is understood to want final say on recruitment, funds to strengthen in January, and the ability to bring in several staff members.
• Jermain Defoe and Gary McAllister are among names linked to a prospective backroom team, with Steven Davis also mooted by some reports.
• The search follows Russell Martin’s sacking after a poor start that left Rangers eighth in the league; other candidates have been considered, while Sean Dyche is reported to be uninterested, and a Saudi-era taxation issue has been cited as a potential complication.