Rangers Close To Appointing Everton's Thelwell

Rangers are adjacent to appointing Everton's head of football, Kevin Thelwell, arsenic their caller sporting director.

The 51-year-old Englishman has already confirmed he is leaving nan Premier League broadside this summer.

And aft Rangers main executive Patrick Stewart announced a guidelines and branch reappraisal of each nine operations earlier this season, Thelwell has been identified by nan Scottish Premiership nine to thief instrumentality immoderate of nan changes.

Thelwell has been pinch Everton for 3 years aft leaving his domiciled arsenic New York Red Bulls' caput of athletics and is besides is simply a erstwhile head of shot pinch Wolverhampton Wanderers.

He worked pinch nan erstwhile Motherwell head Billy Davies astatine Preston North End and Derby County.

Thelwell's imminent assignment is apt to beryllium nan first of a number of large changes astatine Ibrox, pinch American businessman Andrew Cavenagh and San Francisco 49ers Enterprises moving person to finalising a takeover.