Rangers shouldn't fear Steven Gerrard to Aston Villa decision insists Kris Boyd as D-day looms on Premier League move

dailyrecord.co.uk:

It's fair to say the trademark smile had slipped a little.Kris Boyd may have been grinning his way through these last 18 months in carrying out his duties as a TV pundit but this labour of love took an unexpected twist on Sunday when Aston Villa ordered Dean Smith to empty out his office drawer. Record Sport revealed that the Premier League outfit are considering making an official approach for permission to offer Smith’s job to the man who has turned the fortunes of Boyd’s old club around.

Rangers could discover as early as Wednesday if that awkward conversation is about to begin, after Villa’s chief executive Christian Purslow has put a shortlist of recommendations in front of his club’s billionaire owners.