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Giovanni van Bronckhorst has enjoyed a stellar career, winning a clutch of silverware from his playing days with Feyenoord, Rangers, Arsenal and Barcelona, including Champions League success in 2006.

He made more than 100 international appearances for the Netherlands and captained them in the 2010 World Cup final.

His managerial career started very well at Feyenoord, while a brief period in China barely registered.

How will his time at Ibrox be remembered? The thrill of the Europa League run to Seville will live long in the memory and he ended a long domestic cup drought, but ultimately he has fallen short in the league, where it counts most.

It leaves both the manager and Rangers looking for a new direction.

Where both go next? Keep across the latest goings on at Ibrox on the BBC Sport website.

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Since promotion to the Scottish Premiership in 2016, managers at Rangers have stayed for an average of 15 months.

Mark Warburton won the Championship but left midway through season 2016-17, replaced by Pedro Caixinha.

The Portuguese coach's spell lasted around six months and Graeme Murty saw out most of the rest of the season in the Ibrox dugout.

Steven Gerrard was in charge for three years and six months before Giovanni van Bronckhorst's year in charge.

It's been an up and down six and a half years for the club with two trophies and a Europa League final appearance balanced out by two third-placed finishes in the Scottish Premiership and failure to make 10 of the past 12 domestic cup finals.

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While the new Rangers manager may get the opportunity to change his squad early on, the January window is typically not one for wholesale changes.

Clubs intent on meeting their own targets for the season can be reluctant to see top performers leave while players who are coming out of contract may prefer to wait until the summer and maximise their options for a move.

Rangers were without defenders Ben Davies, Connor Goldson, Filip Helander, John Souttar, Ridvan Yilmaz, midfielders Ianis Hagi, Tom Lawrence and Alex Lowry and forwards Antonio Colak, Kemar Roofe and Fashion Sakala in their last match and young defender Leon King was added to that list following a nasty head knock.

Outgoing manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst had indicated he expected Goldson, Lawrence, Sakala, Souttar and Yilmaz after the World Cup but gave no firm return date for any of that group while Hagi and Helander are longer-term absentees.

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Rangers' next manager or any interim boss will face a busy couple of weeks in the run-up to 2023.

The Ibrox side host Hibernian in the first Scottish Premiership match after the World Cup on 15 December, followed by a trip to Aberdeen five days later.

Rangers are away from home again on 23 December against Ross County then host Motherwell on the 28th.

And the first game of the New Year? A visit from reigning champions, league leaders and title favourites Celtic.

Kenny Miller
Former Scotland striker on BBC Radio Scotland

The new manager will start a long way back but they don't hand out league medals in November.

It's a wonderful job and there's a good group of players there.

Number one for me, would be Michael Beale.

He's made a really good start at QPR and he knows the club, so there wouldn't be any surprises. I think he would be a popular appointment and I'd be surprised if he's not high on the list of targets.

Former Rangers manager Graeme Souness is pouring cold water on any suggestion of a return for Steven Gerrard.

"I don't see him going back to Glasgow Rangers," he said on talkSPORT. "Would the supporters be happy with him going back? I'm not sure. I think they think he left them at a difficult time."

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Kheredine Idessane
BBC Sport Scotland

The statement announcing Giovanni van Bronckhorst's departure is barely off the printer but Rangers have already started the search for his successor.

Two names have already been put to me: former Burnley boss Sean Dyche, who the Ibrox sporting director Ross Wilson worked with previously at Turf Moor, and the man who succeeded Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou at Yokomhama Marinos, ex-Rangers defender Kevin Muscat. He's just led Marinos to the J-League title...

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Some of you are not very happy with the call...

WJ: It’s wrong what Rangers have done. They have hung Gio out to dry the players should have a good hard look at themselves because their the ones that have shown no heart or determination and can’t pass a ball to a teammate I’m disgusted by the board for their short sightedness.

Sean: Don't see the point in bringing a new manager in while leaving Ross Wilson in his position. Its the football equivalent of changing your socks but still having soaking wet shoes. From a European final to being this poor in six months indicates something isn't right. The buck stops with recruitment after failing to strengthen the squad this summer.

Julian: I hope our board has a good answer in place here as you won’t get a more sincere and devoted Rangers man than GvB. Okay, recent results not good enough, but we were one kick from a Europa win, we won the Scottish Cup and in a few months it’s gone wrong, but give the man time and funds surely?

Alan: Will the board be sacking themselves as well, or will they be giving themselves the chance to sort themselves out AGAIN? A chance they didn't give to Gio...

Now you've had time to process the news, here are a selection of your thoughts...

NM: Sad but inevitable. For all that he has done as a player, and taking us to a kick away from winning the Europa League, he'll remain a legend for the club.

David: Gio seems like a nice guy but totally lacked passion. Michael Mols summed it up when he said he was ‘surprised’ when Gio took up management, now we know why.

Drew: Not good enough this season but, had that one penalty by Ramsey in Seville played out differently, he’d be revered amongst our support forever. A true sliding doors moment. Good luck to him for the future.

You can add to the debate here.

Former Ibrox striker Kris Boyd has been giving his two cents over on Sky Sports...

"The next two transfer windows are two of the biggest in Rangers' history," he said. "It is a crucial period coming up and it is vital those involved learn from what has happened.

"The answer isn't bolstering the squad anymore, additions need to be made that will make the starting XI better.

"There are some monumental calls to be made and absolutely no margin for error. There also needs to be some serious forward planning for next season as well given the number of players in the last six months of their present deals."

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That makes Giovanni van Bronckhorst's reign the third shortest in Rangers' history.

Paul Le Guen was in charge for 240 days in 2006-07, while Pedro Caixinha lasted just 227 days in 2017.

There have, of course, been a few interim appointments.

Throw in the fact that Ryan Kent and Alfredo Morelos will be free to talk to other clubs in January since they are out of contract at the end of the season and it's an increasingly bleak picture in terms of squad management.

Will Rangers try to offload those two or can they be persuaded to stay on?

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Sporting director Ross Wilson has been taking some flak too after what is now looking like an underwhelming summer in the transfer market.

Close to £10m was spent on Ridvan Yilmaz, Ben Davies and Rabbi Matondo, who haven't made any kind of impact yet.

John Souttar and Tom Lawrence have been injured and Malik Tillman has blown hot and cold, which is no real surprise for a 20-year-old with very limited first team experience.

Only striker Antonio Colak has been a success.

Those Calvin Bassey and Joe Aribo shaped holes have not been filled.

Tom English
BBC Scotland's chief sports writer

It was only a matter of time before the end came for Giovanni van Bronckhorst. A Rangers manager can survive humiliation in the Champions League but he cannot hope to stick around if his team toils as badly domestically as Rangers have toiled this past while.

Injuries damaged him for sure, but in drawing against Livingston and St Mirren and losing to St Johnstone in recent weeks it was blatantly obvious that the manager had lost whatever ability he had to lead this team forward.

His players - out of form with some showing precious little passion for the fight - did for him.

There are bigger issues in play, though. Rangers have made significant strides in stabilising themselves financially. That's a big achievement, but the team has fallen away badly. It's an old side that needs a considerable overhaul. The signing policy overseen by Ross Wilson has been scattergun, to put it mildly. New energy and quality is desperately needed, but there doesn't appear to be much cash there for a reboot.

Millions will have to be spent in paying off the now former manager. These are serious challenging times at Ibrox.