What was almost as interesting as Davide Ancelotti who was connected earlier in the week to the Rangersbaan was where the news came from.
Indeed, it quickly became clear that his name was not leaked from the Ibrox club.
The reports, which led to a number of hectic phone calls from those who tried to confirm the validity of the story, came from Spain where Ancelotti is currently assisting his father, Carlo, at Real Madrid.
Of course, Carlo is really leaving this summer to take over the national team of Brazil, whereby his son accompanies himself for at least the first few matches of his term of office.
So who leaked it then, because it seems that, although Rangers have not yet established a candidate, Davide was certainly part of their conversations?
Well, if you try to test the water, or arouse any interest in your services, then it is not a bad thing to be linked to a controversial job.
And although Rangers are not of top class in European football, they are still a club with large enough to generate headlines on the continent.
Of course it would not be the first time that an agent or representative had used half of the old company in such a way. You just have to look at some of the names that are linked to both clubs in a transfer window, or this week, indeed, to see that.
So for many reasons it will be interesting to see what happens next. Perhaps Ancelotti is the next manager of Rangers. Maybe he will continue to work with his father. Or, who knows, another work offer can occur and simply be too good to reject.
Lafferty would like to add the Junior Cup to his glittering Silver Work series
As a man who has won the Scottish title three times, the League Cup twice and the Scottish Cup ever, and who has adorned the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League, as well as a European championships, you might think that Kyle Lafferty has done almost everything in football.
But this weekend he will be about to get a step closer to another shot on silverware late in his career and don't think it would not be so sweet for the 37-year-old as everyone else who went earlier.
Lafferty will stand in line for Johnstone Burgh on Sunday, trying to destroy a 1-0 shortage on the first leg against Largs Thistle in the second stage of their Scottish Junior Cup semi-final.
It may seem like a distant scream of the days that he was the scourge of Celtic in Old Firm Combat or Northern Ireland's hero on the international stage, but the prospect of bringing silverware to his seventh side will be just as tempting for a man who has passed his reasonable part of the lows to go with the glittering highs.
After he had beaten in Italy, Switzerland, Turkey, Norway and Cyprus and everywhere in the United Kingdom in Italy, Turkey, Norway and Cyprus, Lafferty's decision to play his days in the west of Scotland League surprised when he threw in Keanie Park in 2023.
Injury discussed his involvement for the majority of his debut season as a side with people like Graeme Dorrans and Jason Naismith earned promotion of the West of Scotland First Division.
Even with Lafferty back to fitness for the most of this period, the Burgh this season has been miles of the pace of the run -away Premier Division champions Clydebank and they will try to invest again to try to win promotion to the Lowland League next season.
To lift the Junior Cup, Lafferty would, however, propel a unique place in the Scottish game, given his senior performance. And, after he struggled with gambling addiction and depression since those days when cups of cups were commonplace with Rangers, you can bet that he would get extra satisfaction through this trophy so late his career.
Johnstone Burgh are two -time winners of the iconic competition, but you have to go all the way back to 1968 for their last triumph.
They were clearly stabbed by their 1-0 home defeat against a Largs side that was six places of them in their division, and they served aware of their intentions with a 5-0 win over the same opposition at the same location for competition service when the parties met again at the beginning of the month.
The return bone in Barrfields Park on Sunday-fresh enough, a month after the first meeting is an all-ticket affair and it should be a cork. Lafferty is struggling for fitness since a man-of-the-match display against Benburb fourteen days ago, but it feels written in the stars that he will have a say in this.
His presence in the Burgh in the past two years has not become cheap. This is his chance to repay it all in kicking.
Empty seats said it all at Ibrox … The supporters cannot be taken for granted
Despite all their mistakes, on and next to the field, during this long period of under performance, it is fair to say one thing about Rangers: they are imaginative.
How else to explain the official presence that was registered by the Ibrox club for Sunday's Premiership match against Aberdeen, when Barry Ferguson claimed his first home as an interim manager?
Rangers did not guarantee in one of their previous seven games at Ibrox, and would not have been surprised to see a few thousand empty seats for a competition that only had meaning to the visitors.
By the time Jefte won the last goal in a convincing 4-0 victory, it had all the atmosphere of a pre-season-friendly, the crowd was that that remained.
And yet, Rangers somehow managed to calculate that 50,343 people had been within the Govan site, to the entertainment of journalists, fans and indeed those who had watched on television.
When releasing that figure, the club could claim that they referred to tickets sold, instead of buttocks on chairs. Many seasonal card holders undoubtedly found better things to do on a sunny Sunday afternoon.
But the official presence obscured a deeper truth: that Rangers supporters are ashamed of a seasonal disaster, waiting for change and willing to vote with their feet.
They have seen the club a pretty grim time lately, but they should not be considered obvious. It is high time that the club paid them back.
Ryan Kent has finally found his feet … with Seattle Sounders in MLS
It took him for a while, but Ryan Kent finally shows part of the game-changing skills that he was known for at Rangers.
The 28-year-old winger, now with Seattle Sounders, lost his way after leaving the Ibrox club almost two years ago.
A four -year -old deal with Fenerbahce quickly became sour when he came out with his first manager, Ismail Kartal, and was frozen by his next, Jose Mourinho.
When his contract with the Turkish giants was mutually terminated, he spent five months in the wilderness and struggled to find the right club.
Only when he came to Seattle in March did things look up, first with his debut against Nashville last month and then with two more performances as a replacement.
In one of them he offered two assists who captured the imagination of the fans and led his manager, Brian Schmetzer, to describe him as a 'super talented player'.
Kent, on his part, admitted that it had been a long winter out of the game, so much so that he almost forgot how to play. “My first few weeks, I felt that I had two right feet,” he said.
'But as the weeks progressed, I start to feel sharp again. I start to feel good with the ball. I have to show them that I can get into games like this and can have an impact, show that I am ready to go from the start. '
And yes, Kent got that start, gone to Houston on Sunday, and boy he paid them back. He played an important role in a 3-1 victory, in particular with a characteristic run that set up the third goal of Sounders.
It was enough to cause an outpouring of love from the support of Seattle, many of whom have celebrated his impact and beg him to stay longer than the year he agreed.
Of course it is still early. As Rangers fans know, Kent is a Streaky player, susceptible to striking runs in shape, followed by long-term disappearing acts.
He will never be the Star Rangers that he would become if he would cost them a reported £ 6.5 million of Liverpool, but he has a talent, one that the Ibrox club should have earned a profit.
It now seems remarkable that they rejected an range of £ 10 million from Leeds United in 2020.
While Kent is about rebuilding his career in Major League Soccer, Rangers also have to strive to do better as a company.