Frank Rijkaard reckons former Rangers boss Giovanni van Bronckhorst will be the next manager of the Netherlands.

Van Bronckhorst has been out of work since his job at Ibrox was terminated in November following a disastrous Champions League campaign and a series of poor results.

He's kept a low profile since, but Dutch icon Rijkaard - who managed both his country and Barcelona - believes van Bronckhorst, who won 106 caps, would be an ideal fit to manage his country in the future.

Rijkaard said: "Yes, I think Gio will be the national coach one day.

"I have a warm heart for him, I'm happy to see how well he has done as a manager.

"Of course, he had to leave Rangers not so long ago, but that can happen.

"But I always think he comes across very well.

"He is still the manager who has won the most trophies recently with Feyenoord and he did it with players that were not from their heyday, they were ordinary.

"I really thought he was a great representative of Feyenoord."

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Meanwhile, Michael Beale has made no bones about the fact that the playing squad at Ibrox is in need of an overhaul.

It’s a feeling supporters can sympathise with and their ire has been directed at the Ibrox boardroom in recent weeks as they have vented their frustrations at directors.

There is a sense that this is a team that has largely been at a standstill since that historic 55th league title was secured two years ago.

The spine of the strongest XI remains largely the same, veterans like Allan McGregor and Steven Davis aren’t getting any younger and it is hard to escape the notion that an injection of fresh impetus wouldn’t go amiss.

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