“I’m very happy here, it’s a privilege to be the Rangers manager. My focus is on the up and coming season.”

If there was ever a set of words Rangers fans wanted to hear more this summer, it was exactly what Steven Gerrard said above via Sky Sports News when asked about his future amid rumours from the Daily Record that the Gers boss was a target for Derby County should Frank Lampard leave this summer.

The manager-merry-go-round this summer has at times been more entertaining than the transfer market itself, with the aforementioned Lampard in line to return to Chelsea via the Evening Standard as well as the recent news of Rafa Benitez’s departure from Newcastle United via BBC Sport opening yet another vacant seat in the Premier League, yet Gerrard won’t be departing Rangers anytime soon, and we believe this is the best thing for his career at this moment in time.

The former Liverpool midfielder enjoyed a successful first season in professional management with the Gers, leading them to second in the Scottish Premiership table and bringing exciting, attacking football back to the blue side of Glasgow, and with an exciting crop of new players brought to the club and Celtic seemingly losing one of their key players in Kieran Tierney to Arsenal via BBC Sport, what reason does Gerrard have to leave?

Gerrard is leading a project at the club that can realistically take the Gers back to the top of Scottish football, and the manager knows this is what he is going to have to achieve before even thinking about a move back to England.

Rangers fans, can Gerrard take the club back to the top of Scottish football? Let us know!