{"id":96699,"date":"2025-05-13T00:42:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T00:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/96699\/"},"modified":"2025-05-13T00:42:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T00:42:14","slug":"managerial-icons-son-a-leading-candidate-to-become-next-rangers-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/96699\/","title":{"rendered":"Managerial icon’s son a leading candidate to become next Rangers boss"},"content":{"rendered":"

Davide Ancelotti is a leading contender for the Rangers manager’s job, talkSPORT understands.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 35-year-old is the son of legendary coach Carlo Ancelotti<\/a> and currently works as his assistant at Real Madrid.<\/p>\n

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Ancelotti is in the running for the Rangers jobCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

However, the pair will be leaving when the season ends with Ancelotti set to take up a new role<\/a> in charge of Brazil’s national team.<\/p>\n

Philippe Clement was sacked<\/a> by the Gers in February before as they fell behind arch rivals Celtic for the Premiership title.<\/p>\n

Barry Ferguson has acted as interim head coach since, with Rangers now eyeing a new permanent appointment.<\/p>\n

As talkSPORT previously reported, Steven Gerrard is a name being considered<\/a> for the job.<\/p>\n

The Liverpool legend won the Scottish Premiership title as the club’s manager in 2021, stopping Celtic from claiming ten league championships in a row, before moving to Aston Villa later that year.<\/p>\n

Gerrard, who left Saudi Pro League side Al Ettifaq in January,\u00a0is very keen to return to the dugout.<\/p>\n

Former Southampton boss Russell Martin is also keen on the job, with Ryan Mason and Rob Edwards also on the shortlist at Rangers.<\/p>\n

Davide has worked alongside his father in coaching roles at several clubs including Bayern Munich, Napoli, Everton and Madrid.<\/p>\n

Should Davide be appointed at Ibrox, this would be his first job in charge of a team.<\/p>\n

Davide first worked under his father in 2012 as a fitness coach at PSG.<\/p>\n

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David has worked alongside his father Carlo since 2016Credit: Getty<\/p>\n

A year later, Ancelotti Sr moved to Madrid and his son followed him to work as an assistant to the fitness coach.<\/p>\n

Davide then received his UEFA A coaching licence in 2016 and followed his dad to Bayern, where he worked as his assistant boss.<\/p>\n

He then served as assistant at Napoli in the 2018\/19 season before moving to England where Ancelotti Sr was Everton boss from 2019 to 2021.<\/p>\n

Davide then went back to Madrid in the summer of 2021, this time as assistant to his dad, before obtaining his UEFA Pro Licence in July 2023.<\/p>\n

It could therefore be a summer of change for both members of the family as Carlo is set to leave Madrid.<\/p>\n

The Italian will become the new manager of the Brazil national team, joining initially on a one-year deal.<\/p>\n

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Ancelotti is leaving Madrid at the end of the seasonCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

Xabi Alonso is set to replace him at the Bernabeu this summer after his spell at Bayer Leverkusen.<\/p>\n

Ancelotti is expected to see out the rest of the season with Madrid before joining Brazil ahead of the 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n

He will leave his second stint in the Spanish capital after two LaLiga and two Champions League title wins among other honours.<\/p>\n

However, despite UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Intercontinental Cup success, this season looks set to end with a whimper.<\/p>\n

Madrid were beaten 4-3 by rivals Barcelona on Sunday to all but end their hopes of winning LaLiga.<\/p>\n

Barca are seven points clear with three games remaining and close to their first league title in two years.<\/p>\n

Unseen footage appears to show Bellingham and Camavinga snub Carlo Ancelotti instruction<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Davide Ancelotti is a leading contender for the Rangers manager’s job, talkSPORT understands. The 35-year-old is the son…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96700,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[2616,45231,94,5074,1638,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-96699","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-carlo-ancelotti","9":"tag-davide-ancelotti","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-rangers","12":"tag-scottish-premiership","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114497752108083088","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}