Russell Martin 'eyes up' highly rated coach for Rangers

Rangers are eyeing up Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeping coach Sal Bibbo <i>(Image: SNS)</i>
Rangers are eyeing up Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeping coach Sal Bibbo (Image: SNS)
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Rangers manager Russell Martin is reportedly weighing up a new addition to has coaching staff.

The recently appointed Gers boss brought Matt Gill with him as his assistant after the pair worked together at Swansea and Southampton and physical performance coach Rhys Owen.

But there remains space for further coaches to be added, including a goalkeeping coach after Allan McGregor left at the same time as previous interim boss Barry Ferguson.

The Sheffield Star is now reporting the Ibrox club have an interest in Sheffield Wednesday’s Sal Bibbo.


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The 50-year-old is out of contract at the end of the month and the Owls are currently facing a huge amount of uncertainty around their management team.

Boss Danny Rohl has been interesting other clubs and his future remains up in the air.

But it looks like Bibbo along with fellow backroom team members Henrik Pedersen, Chris Powell and Sascha Lense will move on.

Bibbo previously worked at Arsenal and Brighton and is a highly-rated goalkeeping coach.

He had an inauspicious playing career and was on the books of Sheffield United and Reading, but most of his playing time came further down the English pyramid.

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