Ibrox side Glasgow Rangers are without a manager at the moment.
Michael Stewart has claimed on BBC Sport’s Facebook page that Rangers have already touched base with Alex McLeish over the vacant manager’s position at Ibrox.
Rangers have been without a manager for close to a month after Pedro Caixinha was sacked.
Graeme Murty has been in charge on an interim basis since, leading the Gers to two victories but a shock 2-0 home defeat by Hamilton on Saturday did his hopes of a full-time appointment no favours.
McLeish is Sky Bet’s 8/11 favourite to get the role, and Stewart says that the Ibrox club have already began speaking to the 58-year-old.
He told BBC Sport’s Facebook live video on Monday: “I think they might have already spoken. Maybe.”
When pressed further on the statement, Stewart added: “That’s what I said.”
McLeish previously won seven major honours – including two Scottish Premiership titles – during a five-year stint at Rangers which ended in 2006.
But there is a sense that his appointment would be almost a backwards step for the Gers, with the former Scotland manager doing very little of note at club level since leaving and most recently had a stint with Egyptian side Zemalek.
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