Alashkert suffer Rangers pre-match woe as manager forced into denial over exit rumour

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Rangers. Steven Gerrard 's side welcome the Armenian dark horses for tonight's Europa League play-off first leg tie at Ibrox - with the loser of the tie dropping into the Europa Conference League.

Grigoryan stated last week after they had beat Kairat Almaty to qualify for the play-offs that Gerrard was his hero and he couldn't wait to challenge him.But he's been linked in Russia with a return to Spartak Moscow's women's team, where he was previously a manager three years ago before being appointed Alashkert boss earlier this year, after stints at FC Urartu and Tambov.Grigoryan said: "I said that I wanted to return to women's football soon, but did not name the club I will go to."However, I have had no contact with CSKA Moscow.