Frank Lampard walks away from Ibrox job

After a day of mounting speculation Frank Lampard has pulled out of contention for the managerial vacancy at Ibrox.

Over the last few days the leading media messengers have been narrowing the field down to the former Everton boss and Kevin Muscat.

Ibrox CEO James Bisgrove missed out on the sunshine jolly to Cyprus and was reported to have held talks in London with Lampard about the job vacated by Micky Beale.

There was an overwhelmingly negative reaction to the prospect of appointing Lampard by Ibrox fans on social media but missing out on a high profile out of work boss that is a self declared fan of the club isn’t a good look.

Rangers will hold final stage interviews with managerial candidates next week. Frank Lampard will not be involved in that process.
— Chris Jack (@Chris_Jack89) October 6, 2023

Unless there are rapid plans for Muscat to come to the UK it looks likely that Steve Davis and Alex Rae will continue in place through the international break.

The lack of an obvious replacement helped keep Beale in a job following the September 3 defeat from Celtic, it seems that over the course of a month little progress has been made towards finding someone prepared to take on the mess left behind by the Brains Behind Gerrard.

Beale brought in eight permanent signings during the summer, all on long term contracts, with only goalkeeper Jack Butland an improvement on the player that he replaced.

Cyriel Dessers has been the biggest fall guy but like Sam Lammers he is on a contract that runs until 2027.

There has been no official comment from Bisgrove or Chairman John Bennett since Beale was sacked but Chris Jack and the Rangers Review are probably closed to the club than the golden relationship that James Traynor and the Daily Record enjoyed with Dave Murray.

Who pulled out? The club or Lampard? Very crucial information about our CEO.
— Steve Smith (@SteveSmithG) October 6, 2023

Chris Jack I love you so much
— Raskin and Cifuentes Enjoyer 🇬🇧🇩🇪 (@RFCNUFC23) October 6, 2023

Best news of the night, no lampard 😁 is it between muscat and clement? Or is there others @Chris_Jack89 also looking forward to seeing this on @RangersReview55 tomorrow
— Dave Mcghee (@DaveMcGhee1986) October 6, 2023