Giovanni Van Bronckhorst sacked by Rangers

Giovanni Van Bronckhorst has been sacked by Rangers after just 12 months in charge at Ibrox, the club have confirmed.

The Glasgow giants parted ways with the 47-year-old on Monday, just three days after he celebrated his one-year anniversary in charge of the club.

‘The board would like to put on record sincere thanks to Gio for all his efforts since his appointment as manager,’ Rangers said in a statement.

The decision to part ways with the former Holland international comes just two weeks before the club’s AGM and after weeks of increasingly vocal discontent from fans.

‘I want to thank Gio for the hard work he has put in over the last 12 months and, especially, the achievements of taking the club to the Europa League final and winning the Scottish Cup last season,’ said chairman Douglas Park.