The fears and despair of Sevco fans last night was met by delight from Celtic supporters.
Over the course of Tuesday night the story of Gerrard to Aston Villa gathered momentum.
The big hitters at The Telegraph pushed the story forward around 8pm, later on Chris Jack and Keith Jackson backed up the news with talk of compensation and how the Ibrox board were fighting a losing battle.
Just last week it was being interpreted that Gerrard had turned down the Saudi wealth of Newcastle United but since Aston Villa sacked Dean Smith at lunchtime on Sunday the issue has taken on a new dynamic.
— Tam sellic son (@TamsellicsonIII) November 9, 2021
Getting rid of a home-grown hero in Smith points towards a glamorous appointment, central to the Golden Generation (of international failure) comes Gerrard who Christian Purslow, the Villa CEO, worked with for a year at Liverpool.
Nothing has officially came out of Ibrox or from Gerrard but on-message podcaster Heart & Hand knew that the game was up when they saw Sam Wallace, John Percy and Matt Law of The Telegraph were in on the story.
Less than a week after announcing losses of £23.5m for last season Douglas Park now has to find a new management team armed with £2m compensation from Aston Villa.
EXCLUSIVE! Steven Gerrard to Aston Villa could net Rangers less than £3million as Premier League side confident of landing Ibrox boss | Keith Jacksonhttps://t.co/MaxQU7ahI6 pic.twitter.com/9ifeoVa8N8
— Daily Record Sport (@Record_Sport) November 9, 2021
ANNOUNCE THE MURTAYYYYYYYYYYYY!
— Gareth Cullen (@GarethCullen3) November 9, 2021
Just gets better ????????
— Danbo11 (@Danbo115) November 9, 2021
Shat it fae the big man pic.twitter.com/8Y5tHlJBMa
— thecelts_ (@TheCelts_) November 9, 2021
Gerrard probably inserted a release clause, so if a job came up his and his backrooms team contract wouldn’t need to be paid in full. In short you are getting diddly squat.
— Quad Treble Champions (@quadtreblechamp) November 10, 2021
— Swed? (@Swedleypops) November 9, 2021
BTW the information coming from down south and verified by your lot. 3m tops including backroom staff.
— Celtic SC©®™ (@Celtic67Fins72) November 9, 2021
He can’t go until Ange unleashes his wrath and take our title back and show him for the whinging gobshite that he is