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Gio earns Rangers breathing space as board accept under-fire boss is picking up the tab from 55 glory

The Ibrox board acknowledge that the money spent in order to stop ten-in-a-row has hindered van Bronckhorst.

Rangers boss Giovanni van Bronckhorst could be spared from the sack because he’s still picking up the tab for stopping Celtic’s bid for 10-in-a-row.

The Dutchman has headed on a family holiday with his Ibrox future in serious doubt after a damaging slump which has left his team turfed out of Europe and nine points off the pace at the top of the Scottish Premiership. But sources in Holland believe van Bronckhorst still has the backing of a board sympathetic to his predicament after asking him to bite the bullet in the transfer market to cover the costs of financing Steven Gerrard ’s title-winning season of 2019/20.

It’s thought the Rangers hierarchy accept his situation has been further undermined by a crippling injury list. Van Bronckhorst has now headed off for a short break in the belief he’ll be back at Auchenhowie to resume work while the World Cup is ongoing.

Giovanni van Bronckhorst
Giovanni van Bronckhorst
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Our source told Record Sport : “There have been no discussions that would make him feel otherwise.”

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