The Rangers need a decorative figure, a coach, not another chief coach, and Steven Gerrard is that man.
That says the analyst and soccer coach John Walker.
The Ibrox club is looking for a replacement after saying goodbye to Russell Martin, while the former Rangers coach, Gerrard, is without work after leaving Ettifaq in January.
Walker told the BBC of Scotland: “I don’t even think there is a recruitment process. I think fans have already talked about this.
“The plan should have been to contact Gerrard immediately and I think he is the one who will be designated.”
Walker admitted that he was probably wrong to think that the Rangers needed a chief coach with “a project” when he named Martin in June.
“I think it is accepted that the Rangers need a decorative figure,” he said. “There must be an administrator.
“It has to be someone who wins the respect of fans before implementing a style of play.”
Walker suggested that, with Everton connections within the Ibrox hierarchy, his former coach, Sean Dyche, is another one who could be addressed and that he would inspire respect among the fanatics of the Rangers.
“The good thing about Gerrard is that he meets all the requirements of the modern game style,” he said.
“I don’t believe for a second that this is a bad team. It has poor performance, but I think it is really a really good team.
“That is why the Board of Directors has acted so fast, because the game staff has a quality that they believe can do better and will do it better under the new administration.”
Walker believes that it would be an “easy transition” since “there are some members of that team that were in the quarterfinals Europeans only six months ago,” Captain James Tavernier played with Gerrard before in Ibrox and goalkeeper Jack Butland is a former teammate in England.
“This cannot go wrong,” he added. “If they are wrong, I don’t know where they will go later. It brings together as many fans as possible with an appointment.”