Giovanni van Bronckhorst has been sacked by Rangers after one year in charge at Ibrox.
Rangers are nine points behind leaders Celtic in the Scottish Premiership and also endured a sobering Champions League campaign which saw the club lose all six group-stage matches, a run which included a 7-1 hammering by Liverpool at home.
Van Bronckhorst – who signed a three-and-a-half-year deal to replace Steven Gerrard last November – becomes one of the shortest-serving permanent managers in the club’s history, with only Pedro Caixinha and Paul Le Guen departing sooner.
The Scottish Premiership is now on hold for the World Cup, with Rangers’ next game against Hibernian at Ibrox on December 15,
