Rangers: Steven Gerrard? Derek McInnes? What next for if Danny Rohl leaves?

Due to his experience and success in Scottish football, and playing history with Rangers, McInnes has often been talked about as a potential manager for the club.

He rejected the chance to become manager once before, opting to stay at Aberdeen back in 2017. That was during a time when Rangers were toiling as a club and the Pittodrie side were Celtic’s main challengers.

But it might be an equally big job for the Ibrox hierarchy to persuade him to leave Hearts nine years on, given his historic first season at Tynecastle.

They were minutes away from a first league title since 1960 before succumbing to a late defeat by Celtic, who clinched the Premiership crown.

Before Rohl took charge in October, McInnes was asked about the vacancy but was clear he was committed to Hearts, even before their remarkable title tilt went into overdrive.

“I love it here,” he said. “It’s been a long time for me coming here. I always thought this was a job that I wanted to be at. I’m working with some good people.

“I mentioned a few there, the support from [sporting director] Graeme Jones and the board, but the players have been first class in terms of their efforts day in and day out, and, I think for us, we feel we can be successful here, we really do.”

McInnes has a strong relationship with Jones, and given the backing from Tony Bloom and his data analytics company it would be hard to walk away from a job.

Particularly with Hearts entering Champions League qualifiers next month.