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Luis Castro 'contacted' by Rangers with Botafogo boss considered as Michael Beale alternative

The QPR boss remains the frontrunner for the vacant hot seat but a back up plan looks to be in place.

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Rangers have reportedly made an approach to Botafogo boss Luis Castro as they assess their options away from frontrunner Michael Beale.


QPR are bracing themselves for an official approach from Rangers seeking permission to speak to their manager and Les Ferdinand, director of football at the English championship side, has already confessed to Record Sport he will not stand in Beale's way if he wants to quit he quit just a year ago when he followed Steven Gerrard to Aston Villa. However, the Ibrox board are not only narrowing their search to just one option and are weighing up alternative candidates to replace Gio van Bronckhorst.


Goal Brazil state that Castro has been contract by the Scottish Premiership side, and will be an option should Beale not step into the Ibrox hot seat. The Portuguese boss took over at at the Brazilian Serie A side in March and has led the club to 11th in the table with the league on hold for the World Cup.


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He has previously managed in Europe with Porto and Shakhtar Donetsk - where he lifted the Ukrainian title and would enjoy success in the Champions League. He reached the semi-final of the Europa League during his first campaign in charge, before leading the club to the Champions League last 16 with two group stage victories over Real Madrid.

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