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- Giovanni van Bronckhorst the evens favourite to take over at Rangers with bookies
- Rangers are 4/7 to win the Scottish Premiership this season
- Steven Gerrard leaves Rangers to become new Aston Villa manager
- Whole host of Gerrard specials with betting sites including 9/2 that Villa finish top half this season
Giovanni van Bronckhorst is the favourite to be next Rangers manager
Giovanni van Bronckhorst is the bookmakers favourite to become next Rangers manager, with the former Gers player set for a comeback.
| Next Rangers Manager | Odds | Implied Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Giovanni van Bronckhorst | 11/10 | 47.6% |
| Russell Martin | 9/2 | 18.2% |
| Derek McInnes | 5/1 | 16.7% |
| John Terry | 5/1 | 16.7% |
| Alex Neil | 14/1 | 6.7% |
The former Rangers player has been linked with a move back to Ibrox to take over from Steven Gerrard.
Gerrard has moved to Aston Villa in his first job in the Premier League after the midlands club sacked Dean Smith last week.
Gio van Bronckhorst has already had managerial experience, with 4 years at Feyenoord including a first Eredivisie title in 18 years for the club.
With odds of 11/10, betting sites have placed van Bronckhorst as favourite for the job in the early market.
Rangers are 4/7 to win the Scottish Premiership this season
Rangers have started the season well and are already 4 points clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership ahead of rivals Celtic.
With just one loss so far in the league this season, whoever comes in as next Rangers manager will have a healthy advantage in terms of their lead and the position that the Rangers squad are currently in too.
In Europe, the Gers sit in 3rd place in their Europa League group and have a good chance of getting through to the knockout rounds.
A win against Sparta Prague in their next game, at Ibrox at the end of November, would see Rangers in a great position to get through in Group A.
Steven Gerrard leaves Rangers to become the new Aston Villa manager
All of this discussion around who becomes the next Rangers manager is the result of Steven Gerrard leaving the club for Aston Villa.
The prospect of taking over such a big club in the Premier League proved to be too big for Gerrard and he has replaced Dean Smith as manager of Villa.
At odds of 1/25 yesterday with bookmakers, it seemed certain that Gerrard would take over at Aston Villa and the club confirmed the appointment this morning.
Welcome to Aston Villa, Steven Gerrard. pic.twitter.com/MF8n9CPaYW
— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) November 11, 2021
Gerrard betting specials available with bookmakers
The arrival of Steven Gerrard at Aston Villa means that there are plenty of betting specials ahead of his first job in the Premier League.
Bookmakers are giving odds of 9/2 that Aston Villa finish in the top half of the Premier League this season, with Dean Smith dismissed from the club with them sat in 16th place.
A top half finish would be the expectations for Villa's ambitious owners so the pressure will be on Gerrard to get the club higher up in the league.
Bookies are also giving odds of 6/1 that Gerrard's first signing at Aston Villa will be a Liverpool player and you could imagine that Jurgen Klopp wouldn't mind doing Liverpool legend Gerrard a favour in that sense.
