Felix Magath reveals Rangers manager job near miss and why he will never sell his Ibrox shares
dailyrecord.co.ukFelix Magath claims he was nearly Rangers manager before Steven Gerrard got the job. The legendary German boss has been a shareholder in the Ibrox club since 2014 when he bought a one per cent stake of 810,000 shares while they languished in the lower leagues of Scottish football.
He's kept a keen eye on them ever since and Magath, whose storied career has seen him in charge of Bayern Munich, Wolfsburg and Fulham as well as a host of others, even interviewed for the manager's job in 2018.Magath was out of work after a brief stint in China and says he held meetings with the board about the job before going in separate directions.
He said via the Scottish Sun: “We met in London and we discussed possibilities. It was 2018 and I was interested. But as with any negotiation with a club, things have to be right.
Obviously, there are different aspects in British football and, unfortunately, it didn’t work out.” Magath also opened up on his eyebrow-raising decision to invest significant cash in the Ibrox club to help aid their resurgence back up the leagues.
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