Former Rangers boss Steven Gerrard held talks with the club last week, but the move ultimately collapsed as the Englishman reportedly felt like it was not the right time to make the move back to the club where he helped lift the league title.
Rangers have had a disastrous start to their 2025-26 campaign, winning just one of their opening seven Scottish Premiership matches under former manager Russel Martin in what now looks like a cursed role.
For Rangers, the search goes on as they continue to work through a list of options before the international break is over. However, speaking to OLBG, Nevin believes they will struggle as not many managers will want to be thrashed by the league champions.
“Steven Gerrard's the last one that won a title and it stopped Celtic doing the ten titles in a row. So he's literally as good as anyone else and he's certainly got a tune out of that team that season.
“I feel sorry for the board because when you look elsewhere it's tough. It's really, really tough to get a top manager because when you come into Rangers, it's not just Russell Martin.
“You're behind the eight ball already. When you walk in, they're so far behind the league just now. The expectation is, if you got second this season, even from so far behind, people will still be a bit grumpy with you.
“I understand that, they've got high standards. But the amount of managers that have gone in there and come out and been trashed, absolutely trashed. And there's no win for it. Celtic typically have so much more money.
“Celtic have got a base there. Celtic can go and blow Rangers out of the water with money just now if they want, (but) they're not. They've got plenty in the bank they can use. There's all sorts of stuff that Celtic have got in place.”
So, with Gerrard ruled out, Rangers are having to put a new shortlist of targets together which reportedly includes former Sheffield Wednesday boss Danny Rohl who, much like Gerrard, may pass on the position due to the club’s ongoing issues.