Not looking good- Heart & Hand break the bad news to the Bears

After a hopeful ‘no contact yet’ message in mid-afternoon Heart & Hand are bracing their followers for the departure of Steven Gerrard.

Heart & Hand are a trusted Ibrox media source with PR chief David Graham a former contributor to David Edgar’s on-message podcast.

This morning the Daily Mail led with Gerrard being the number one choice of the Villa board to replace Dean Smith, tonight the big hitters at The Telegraph have firmed up the story with a request expected this week.

Hopes of Dembele Dollars in compensation seem far fetched with a figure of £2m being quoted for Gerrard and his backroom staff. Celtic were paid £9m when Brendan Rodgers moved to Leicester City in the dark of night.