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Keith Jackson

Steven Pressley asks the burning Rangers question as Van Bronckhorst faces 'Caixinha or Arteta' fork in the road

Is he the next Mikel Arteta? Or is he really just Pedro Caixinha with a Dutch accent?

Steven Pressley freely admits to not knowing the answers. But the former Rangers and Celtic defender is absolutely certain that the men in charge a Ibrox should be asking themselves those very questions now that Giovanni van Bronckhorst has entered a full blown managerial crisis. Pressley’s thought process is clear: If they believe in him then they should have the courage of their convictions and ignore the clamour for his head. If, however, they suspect relations between the head coach and his players have broken down beyond all repair, then it’s time they find themselves a new one.

“Just look at Arteta," Pressley said on Monday as a deafening silence descended over his old club in the wake of Sunday’s horror show of a defeat in Perth. Pressley, now head of development at Premier League new boys Brentford, continued: “I was in at Arsenal around this time last year for a fringe first team game against theirs. At that time he was getting it absolutely in the neck. The fans wanted him out.

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