BRIAN LAUDRUP is unsure whether Rangers should look to a foreign manager to replace Giovanni van Bronckhorst.

The Dutchman was axed as boss yesterday and the Ibrox club are now searching for a replacement to take charge during the World Cup break.

Former assistant Michael Beale is currently the frontrunner for the position, while Sean Dyche and Kevin Muscat are also among the favourites.

Laudrup belives his former club were right to get rid of Van Bronkchorst, but he insists they now have a huge decision to make over their next appointment.

He wrote in the Daily Mail: "What they need now is a manager who comes in with his chest puffed out and is ready to hit the ground running.

"The big question now is who that manager is going to be? And what kind of manager will he be?

"I’ve seen candidates mentioned like Kevin Muscat, Michael Beale, or a return for Steven Gerrard, and I’ve also read a Danish manager being linked to the job, Bo Svensson, who manages Mainz in the Bundesliga in Germany.

"But the thing is with Rangers if you look at their history, there have not been very many successful foreign managers apart from Dick Advocaat.

"If you look at Paul le Guen and Pedro Caixinha, they were both foreign managers who lasted very few months.

"Van Bronckhorst is the third shortest serving permanent Rangers manager but he definitely does not belong in a bracket with Le Guen or Caixinha after the job he did last season, reaching a European final and lifting a Scottish Cup.

"But some would argue that a new manager coming in should know Scottish football or British football and not need to adapt himself to his new surroundings.

"Then, when you look across the city at what Ange Postecoglou has done, that would speak to the benefits of having a foreign manager.

"Also, do you go for a manager who is used to working with teams usually at the bottom of the league?

"Or do you try for a manager who has won things or is known for a particular style of play?

"All these things have to be taken into account and it will be interesting to see what direction the Rangers board travel in."

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