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Scottish Premiership giants Rangers might need a new manager at Ibrox – so what about Cardiff City boss Neil Warnock?

Neil Warnock manager of Cardiff City celebrates towards the Cardiff fans after the Sky Bet Championship match between Derby County and Cardiff City at the iPro Stadium on February 14, 2017...

If you ask former Ibrox favourite Clint Hill, Neil Warnock and Rangers could be a very good match.

As it stands, it is unsure who will be Rangers’ manager next season. Graeme Murty’s deal expires at the end of the current campaign and results have taken a downward turn of late with a shock title race replaced by a rather deflating battle for second place.

The likes of Steve Clarke and Frank de Boer have been talked up by Gers fanatics as potential replacements for Murty.

But Hill, who spent last season at Rangers, believes that 69-year-old veteran Warnock has the appetite and the man-management skills to be a real success at Ibrox.

Clint Hill of Rangers celebrates at full time during the Ladbrokes Scottish Premiership match between Celtic and Rangers at Celtic Park on March 12, 2017 in Glasgow, Scotland.

“He is unique, no other manager can do what he does; Gives players responsibility, treats them like human beings,generally recruits good characters that are willing to sacrifice themselves for the team and this in turn creates a strong bond and a camaraderie between players,” Hill told the Daily Record.

Warnock might not be the most universally popular of a modern day tactics nerd but he is a man who has got results right throughout his career. Even this season, he has somehow turned a ragtag bunch of Cardiff City players into genuine promotion contenders.

Neil Warnock manager of Cardiff City before the Sky Bet Championship match between Fulham and Cardiff City at Craven Cottage on September 9, 2017 in London, England.

But while some Rangers fans would appreciate Warnock’s typical blood and thunder approach on the sidelines, it should surprise no one to learn that he has his detractors amongst the Ibrox fanbase.