THE former England captain Steven Gerrard was greeted by dozens of Rangers fans as he arrived in Glasgow to be unveiled as the club's new manager.
The Liverpool legend arrived at Ibrox in a silver Mercedes Vito with tintedwindows at around 12.45pm on Friday.
Fans hoping to catch a glimpse of the new boss chanted the Anfield hero's name and waved their scarves in the air to welcome him to his new club.
Other supporters drove past the 50,000 seater stadium with Rangers songs blasting through the speakers.
An impressive playing career saw Gerrard collect 114 caps for his country and the UEFA Champions League in 2005.
Father-of-two Ian Colquhoun believes that Gerrard will be able to attract a better standard of player to the Scottish Premiership side.
The 49-year-old said: "This is a great appointment. Hopefully he will attract new players, he will probably give Scottish football a higher standing.
"At the moment Scottish football seems to be a joke in Europe. It's great news though so hopefully he can attract a better standard of players than we already have.
"He will create a great reputation and he's got Gary McAllister as his number two who knows what Rangers is all about."
Brian Robertson, 21, from Lesmahagow, South Lanarkshire, added: "It's exciting stuff. It's brilliant. Let's get back to where we are supposed to be.
"I don't think You'll Never Walk Alone anthem will affect him. He can start blasting Simply The Best."
Gerrard has been in charge of Liverpool's under-18 team since April of last year and has led them to third place in the North section of the u18
Premier League and the quarter-finals of the UEFA Youth League. The former midfielder was in charge of a Liverpool youth side which defeated
their Rangers counterparts 4-1 at Ibrox earlier this season.
Interim manager Graeme Murty, who had previously been Rangers youth coach, was dismissed earlier this week following a humiliating 5-0 loss to city rivals Celtic last Sunday.
The defeat left the Glasgow giants three points off second-place Aberdeen and handed a seventh successive championship to Celtic.
Murty had taken over from Portuguese flop Pedro Caixinha who, despite spending big last summer, was knocked out of the Europa League by Luxumbourg part-timers Progres Niederkorn.
Ricki Millen, 57, from Shettleston, believes that Murty did the best that he could given the circumstances of his reign. He said: "Well it was on the cards.
"He tried his best given the circumstances. And to be honest the staff he had playing for him never done him any favours.
"It looks as if no one wanted the Rangers job so he was willing to help out."
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