{"id":12830,"date":"2018-04-29T08:01:25","date_gmt":"2018-04-29T07:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etims.net\/?p=12830"},"modified":"2018-04-29T08:01:25","modified_gmt":"2018-04-29T07:01:25","slug":"celtic-diary-sunday-april-29-mismatch-preview-and-other-nonsense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=12830","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Diary Sunday April 29: (Mis)Match Preview and Other Nonsense"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here we go again.<\/p>\n

Four games to go, one win needed and arguably the best chance to secure the title comes today as a ragged “rangers ” roll up to Celtic Park.<\/p>\n

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Here they are at Central Station this morning..<\/p>\n

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With little on the park to give encourage to their support, and the best they can hope for today being merely delaying the inevitable, their friends in the media have been in overdrive ahead of the game..<\/p>\n

The ever dependable “Parody ” Forsyth in the Telegraph..<\/p>\n

S<\/span>teven Gerrard\u00a0will be the next Rangers manager<\/a>, providing three issues \u2013 so far unspecified \u2013 are resolved between the former England and Liverpool midfielder and the Ibrox board.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Sunday Telegraph\u00a0can disclose, however, that spending on players is not one of the outstanding matters and that Gerrard has been assured that he can make a case-by-case argument for cash to be released for preferred transfer targets.<\/em><\/p>\n

The same arrangement permitted Mark Warburton to sign Joey Barton on exceptional terms and also for Pedro Caixinha, during his brief reign, to bring Carlos Pena and Bruno Alves to Ibrox for wages that were cited as necessary to add exceptional strength to the playing squad.<\/em><\/p>\n

Gary McAllister, the former Leeds United, Liverpool and Scotland midfielder \u2013 who managed Coventry City, Leeds and, in a caretaker capacity, Aston Villa \u2013 will move to Ibrox as Gerrard\u2019s assistant if the remaining issues are settled.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The Sunday Mail ( Scott MacDermott ) dutifully reports..<\/p>\n

Steven Gerrard is on the verge of saying yes to\u00a0Rangers<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

MailSport<\/strong>\u00a0understands the club\u2019s hierarchy has held \u201cvery positive\u201d talks with the Liverpool legend.<\/em><\/p>\n

Now\u00a0Gerrard<\/a>\u00a0is within touching distance of the Ibrox hotseat and ready to seal a sensational move.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Rangers board are hopeful that \u2013 if final details can be ironed out \u2013 they\u2019ll be able to unveil Gerrard within days.<\/em><\/p>\n

Three unspecified issues… but not the warchest. He’s fine with that…<\/p>\n

If this is the case, then one of those issues will become the reason he won’t take the job.<\/p>\n

Apart from anything else, we hear he has invested a lot of time and money into a new venture..<\/p>\n

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Radio Clyde covered their arses with this wonderfully worded tweet..<\/p>\n

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