Jorg Schmadtke has been floated as a potential sporting director candidate for Rangers.
Kevin Thelwell was sacked alongside CEO Patrick Stewart by the Ibrox club last month.
Andrew Cavenagh and Paraag Marathe are already busy trying to appoint replacements for the key positions in the club's hierarchy.
Former Rangers star Pedro Mendes believes that Schmadtke could be the ideal fit.
The 61-year-old previously held jobs at Hannover 96, FC Köln and VfL Wolfsburg, but has been out of work since leaving Liverpool.
"Jorg Schmadtke is a guy who's experienced, mostly in Germany, at good clubs like Hannover and Koln, and of course Liverpool, the biggest one," he told Boyle Sports.
"The guy that comes in must have a fantastic database of players. Rangers need to sign, for example, a new Alfredo Morelos. They spent one million on him, but the guy scored for fun every season.
"Rangers needs to have that kind of profile, a guy that has a big database of players, that knows the European market, and knows the Scottish market as well, because there are some good players in Scotland that can bring some quality to Rangers.
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"So, it's a huge job for the new sporting director of Rangers.
"More money will need to be spent, for sure. But the problem is they need to offload players, and for sure those players are on good salaries, big wages. So I think it will be a big task to find a place for the players they want to get rid of.
"I think it will be a double job for the new guy that will come in. The signings they'll have to make will be crucial ones, players that will need to come and start playing at a starting level of quality. And also, the players they want to sell, loan, or simply get rid of."
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