{"id":9798,"date":"2025-02-25T17:11:18","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T18:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/?p=9798"},"modified":"2025-02-25T18:34:56","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T18:34:56","slug":"that-would-be-perfect-joe-cole-tips-chelsea-legend-to-become-permanent-rangers-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/25\/that-would-be-perfect-joe-cole-tips-chelsea-legend-to-become-permanent-rangers-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018That would be perfect\u2019 \u2013 Joe Cole tips Chelsea legend to become permanent Rangers manager"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ashley Cole could be the perfect hire for Rangers, says Joe Cole (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Joe Cole has put forward the case for his former Chelsea<\/a> and England team-mate Ashley Cole to become the permanent manager of Rangers.<\/p>\n

Philippe Clement was relieved of his duties at Ibrox in the wake of Rangers’ 2-0 defeat at home to St Mirren last weekend.<\/p>\n

The 50-year-old Belgian was appointed in October 2023 and had just one Scottish League Cup<\/a> triumph to show for his largely underwhelming 16-month stay in Glasgow.<\/p>\n

Saturday’s loss to St Mirren was Rangers’ fifth of the Scottish Premiership campaign and left the club 13 points adrift of arch-rivals Celtic at the top of the table.<\/p>\n

On Monday it was announced that Barry Ferguson would take over the reins on an interim basis<\/a> until the end of the season, with the 47-year-old set to be in the dugout for Rangers’ trip to Kilmarnock on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

A statement on Rangers’ official website confirmed that the club’s ‘ongoing football review will continue’ and a ‘new, permanent manager will be appointed in the coming months’.<\/p>\n

The likes of Russell Martin, Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, Neil Warnock, Sam Allardyce and David Wagner have all been linked with the job in the days following Clement’s dismissal.<\/p>\n

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Clement was sacked in the wake of Rangers’ defeat to St Mirren (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Ex-Rangers captain Ferguson has taken over the reins on an interim basis (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But ex-Chelsea and England winger Cole argued on the latest episode of The Dressing Room Podcast<\/a> that his legendary namesake should be considered for the position in the summer.<\/p>\n

‘Where do they go, Rangers? I’m going to throw a name in there. He’s our guy, Ashley Cole,’ he said.<\/p>\n

‘I’m going to throw him in. I know he’s got a great job working with the England Under-21s…<\/p>\n

‘Rangers had such a great spell with Stevie G, another ex-England legend, and I can see Coley going into that job.’<\/p>\n

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Cole worked as Carsley’s interim assistant with England (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cole told an anecdote of a recent work trip he enjoyed with Ashley Cole to paint a picture of the iconic left-back’s ‘dedication’ to making it in coaching.<\/p>\n

He added: ‘I worked with him doing a bit of media in a foreign country. We had the afternoon off and we were sitting on the sunbeds, ordered a couple of drinks, and I’m thinking, “This is a good job, Coley, I’m enjoying myself!”<\/p>\n

‘I’m watching the world go by, 90 degrees, and he just gets his laptop out and he’s showing me throw-ins! [laughs]<\/p>\n

‘The dedication… his dedication to football. We love him. But that would be perfect for him.’<\/p>\n

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Cole worked as a first-team coach at Everton under Lampard (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cole is yet to take on a permanent managerial role since hanging up his boots but has coached in various capacities with Derby County, Everton, Birmingham City and, most recently, England.<\/p>\n

‘You can see the dedication he’s put in to becoming a coach,’ ex-Chelsea and England full-back Wayne Bridge chimed in.<\/p>\n

‘Someone has got to give him a chance at some point. He was a great player, obviously. He was one of the best.<\/p>\n

‘But also, he knows football, he always read the game well and he would be able to help people all over.’<\/p>\n

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The Rangers job would be ‘perfect’ for the former Chelsea and Arsenal left-back, says Cole (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ferguson – who captained Rangers over two separate spells during his playing days – faced the media for the first time this afternoon after being appointed as the club’s interim manager. <\/p>\n

The 47-year-old said that he would be doing everything in his power to turn the team’s fortunes around after a difficult start to the season with Clement at the helm.<\/p>\n

But Ferguson was coy on whether he could be keen to stay on as manager beyond the end of the campaign, telling reporters: ‘I’m not even thinking that far in front.<\/p>\n

‘The only thing I’m concerned about is Wednesday night at Kilmarnock, if I am being brutally honest with you. I’m here until the end of the season. <\/p>\n

‘The only thing I’m concerned about is Wednesday night at Kilmarnock, if I am being brutally honest with you. I’m here until the end of the season.’<\/p>\n

Asked if the job would be too hard to turn down if the opportunity arose, Ferguson responded: ‘I’ll be honest with you, I’ve not even thought about that.<\/p>\n

‘My mindset at this moment in time is getting a result against Kilmarnock tomorrow. It’s one game at a time.<\/p>\n

‘There’s a lot of games coming up over the next period. My thoughts are, I’m here until the end of the season and I’m going to give it everything I have got to try and start to get results for this football club.’<\/p>\n

For more stories like this,\u00a0check our sport page<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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