Ralph Hasenhuttl has been sacked by Southampton, sparking speculation that he could be reunited with Rangers sporting director Ross Wilson with current Ibrox boss Giovanni van Bronckhorst under mounting pressure.
The 55-year-old Austrian paid the price after a poor run of form at St Mary’s with a 4-1 thrashing at home to Newcastle United on Sunday leaving them in the relegation zone. That defeat for Southampton came shortly after Rangers suffered a shock loss at St Johnstone in Perth. Hasenhuttl has now emerged as a possible candidate if the Dutchman, approaching his first anniversary as Rangers boss, fails to ride out the current storm with a section of the support chanting for their former midfielder to leave the club.
And the link with Wilson makes that prospect an intriguing one. The Rangers sporting director identified Hasenhuttl as the man to replace Mark Hughes at Southampton four years ago and he spoke of his disappointing when he lost Wilson to Rangers - who he described as a “famous and big club” in 2019.
