STEVEN GERRARD was almost set to return to Rangers…
But a Liverpool former teammate reckons he’s dodged a bullet by rejecting the Ibrox job.
Gerrard, 45, turned down Gers’ advances last month and suggested the timing wasn’t right.
That was in spite of him saying in an interview that aired during the Light Blues’ hunt for a new manager to replace Russell Martin that he had “unfinished business” in football and was hoping his next role would be at a club “where he could win things”.
The rumour mill has been flying ever since Gerrard formally walked away from the talks with Rangers and in the end club chiefs opted to bring in Danny Rohl as the new head coach.
And while it’s not Rohl’s fault, the protests against Patrick Stewart and Kevin Thelwell have been pretty much non-stop too.
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And according to Dietmar Hamann, his former midfield partner may have dodged a bullet by avoiding coming back to Glasgow, given the instability and poor results that continue to plague the team.
In an interview with Football Blog, Hamann said: “I think he’s pretty settled in Bahrain where he lives.
“He said he’s been in talks and he had good talks, and he just decided that it wasn’t the right time. It’s a decision he has to make. Only he can decide, obviously, with his family.
“He said he wants to come back. I hope we see him back, in a perfect scenario, back in the Premier League.
“But it’s pretty uncertain at Rangers right now, and with the loss to Celtic on Sunday, maybe it wasn’t the worst decision to give it a miss and maybe wait for a bit longer to see what’s coming up.”
Hamann also played for Bayern Munich, Newcastle and Manchester City during his career so he’s no stranger to the mentality needed to succeed at a so-called big club.
And he believes Rohl won’t find the immense pressure of Ibrox a problem either because of Sheffield Wednesday‘s status as a historic club.
He said: “He was adored in Sheffield by the Wednesday fans. He left the club because there was, again, a lot of uncertainty.
“I think what the difference is now is that there are traditionally two big clubs in Scotland, even though there’s a third one doing really well in the league now in the form of Hearts.
“Sometimes people forget how big these two clubs are, Celtic and Rangers.
“Wednesday, though, are a big club too. Wednesday have got a lot of history, a huge fan base, and while I can’t compare the two sides, Rohl will have lessons he has learned in the Championship that he can apply at Ibrox.
“He will have to learn really quickly because the rivalry is huge with Celtic, and second is no good in Glasgow. I wish him all the best.”
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