After briefly flirting with reality in midweek with the introduction of Finanacial Sustainability Regulations to their Army of Readers the Daily Record is back on the moonbeams today, and plenty of them.

Everything that Paddy Stewart has said and done screams AUSTERITY with a full on version coming this summer now that the Season Ticket money has been banked and tucked away to go towards meeting the club’s incredible wage bill.

On Wednesday, Scott McDermott highlighted Lyall Cameron, Josh Mulligan, Lawrence Shankland, Nectarios Triantis and Richard Taylor as free agents from the SPFL Premiership to be converted into £15m aces to be sold to the EPL, just like Jefte, Hamza Igamane, Oscar Cortes and Connor Barron.

Triantis will cost a significant transfer fee from Sunderland after impressing on loan at Hibs but it seems that Sean Dyche should be the manager to get the best out of those five stars in waiting.

Dyche has spent the best part of a decade in the EPL with Burnley and Everton which apparently makes him the perfect fit to take on the shambles at Ibrox and deny Celtic #title56.

For the Saturday morning feel good factor the Record produced:

If you had to pick a Rangers manager with no previous connection to the club, who would you go for?

Scott McDermott: Sean Dyche. He’s out of work, has vast experience of the British game and will be aware of the demands and expectations at Ibrox. He’d bring organisation and discipline. Also, going up against Brendan Rodgers won’t faze him.

Andy Newport: Jose Mourinho?gave a glimpse of his box office value during his run in with Gers earlier this year but the Special One will require a special wage packet. Marco Rose is a name that won’t go away and shouldn’t be discounted. He’s averaged almost 2 points per game as a boss and has big club experience. He’s worth considering

Scott Burns: I would try for somebody like Gareth Southgate. He did well with England. He has a profile and a presence and really progressed their national team. He has also worked in a high-pressured environment where results are everything.

Each of those candidates would have salary expectations of around £5m with a similar sum required for their backroom staff, they aren’t going to accept Billy Dodds, Allan McGregor and Neil McCann because they are right good Rainjurz men.

Barry Ferguson has eight days and three matches left before he returns to his duties with the Record and Go Radio, after that it will be a summer of fun as the Record keeps the gags flowing while the ‘takeover’ collapses with the Champions League squad for July 22/23 and 29/30 looking very much like the players that have steered the club to seven home matches without a win under two different managers.

Ross McCausland and Danilo are under contract until May 2028.

With the takeover continuing to stall it is becoming more likely that Ferguson, Derek McInnes and David Martindale are more realistic candidates to be in charge for the Champions League qualifiers, starting in 71 days time.