BBC pundit in line to take over Rangers women's head coach role – despite having NEVER been a manager before
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LEANNE CRICHTON is set to take over as Rangers boss after Jo Potter's departure.
The Glasgow City No2 and BBC pundit, who completed her Uefa Pro Licence this summer, is understood to have been the standout candidate in Gers' recruitment process, despite never being a boss in her own right before.
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Leanne Crichton has been a regular on Sportscene
Potter left for Crystal Palace after the Ibrox side saw the SWPL title slip from their grasp on the final day for the third season on the trot, losing to champs Hibs at home.
But 72-cap Scotland star Crichton, who rejoined her old club City as Leanne Ross' assistant in November, will have work to do before the season starts in three weeks with six Gers top-team stars also leaving.
Crichton had three playing spells with Glasgow City before heading to Motherwell in 2021 where she took up a player-coach role.
She can also boast of playing in two Uefa quarter-finals for Glasgow City while she also represented Scotland at the 2017 European Championships and the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.
She returned to Petershill in November last year to become assistant manager to Ross following the departure of Scott Booth to Aberdeen.
Rangers fly out to Italy this morning after a 6-0 friendly win over Middlesbrough yesterday.
The Light Blues lost out on the SWPL title on the last three successive final days of the season with a domestic Treble slipping from their grasp on the last two occasions.
Hibs' triumph this season at Ibrox on the last day meant that Glasgow City finished in the runners-up spot and so claimed the second European spot.
In both of Potters' seasons as the helm at Ibrox, she delivered a cup double.
Her move to Scotland came after she brought an end to a playing career that spanned two decades.
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She played for the likes of Arsenal, Birmingham and Reading and won 35 caps for England, starring at the World Cup and European Championships.
The women's season does not kick off until mid-August and Gers will hope Crichton can settle in quickly so she can work with the players before the opening game away to Montrose.
Gers travel to Links Park on August 17 and then host Hearts at Ibrox a week later.
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