By all accounts today is the day Rangers are set to announce Giovanni Van Bronckhorst as manager, with anticipation growing for the club making it official.

The Dutchman is said to have impressed Ross Wilson and the Sporting Director, who was the main chief of this process, has mulled the situation over and is now happy to go with the ex-Feyenoord boss.

The process was methodical, and careful, and while not rushed, the board was keen to have an appointment efficiently in place in time for Sunday’s semifinal.

We’re seeing claims of visa issues holding up his actual ability to be in the dugout, but that info is coming exclusively from News UK who are hardly known for being reliable, so we’re not going to lie and pretend we know better than you about the chap’s visa status.

All we know for sure is the agreement is close if not sealed already and it could be announced today.

And we can finally see an end to the ‘announce Gio’ banter that’s been plaguing social media for the past week.

So yes, it’s 99% complete and just requires agreement from everyone – it’s close, very close.

We hesitate to say welcome home Gio, but we can hardly resist…