David Moyes has stressed he's not finished with football management while outlining the criteria that would draw him back to the dugout.
Given the fact new Rangers chief executive Patrick Stewart has enlisted the services of two former Manchester United alumni already, the idea that Moyes could be considered at Ibrox at some point down the line is surely not beyond the realms of possibility.
The 61-year-old has been appointed an OBE in the New Years Honours list for services to football, a process through which he spoke to the BBC.
On his possible return to football management, he said: "I don't consider myself done yet but I am certainly enjoying some time off.
"The one thing I won't do is put any manager under pressure personally, because I don't believe in it. I have not liked it when I have been in that position myself. We are all getting a little bit older and I have to make sure I am doing the right thing for myself.
"Football is in my blood. It has been since I was a boy. I love watching football and I have enjoyed my career. If there is another part to it, so be it. But I would only want it to be a good part. I wouldn't want to be coming in and doing something which is very difficult.
"I don't want to be at the bottom of the league and fighting relegation which I have had a few times, so we will see how things go."
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In the here and now, current Rangers manager Philippe Clement stares down his side's third Old Firm encounter of the season this Thursday, when the Ibrox side host Celtic.
Now staring down a 14-point gap at the top of the Scottish Premiership, the Belgian is under pressure to win against the club's city rivals in front of a full house of Rangers fans.
Looking ahead to Thursday's showdown, captain James Tavernier spoke after Sunday's 2-2 draw with Motherwell.
He said: "It's obviously an Old Firm, against our biggest rivals and the home game. So we obviously have to go back to what we were doing better at, before these two games, and that's play better as a team, the performance of the team, defend as a team and be clinical.
"It's obviously points that we're obviously not happy about, and we're just going to push all the way to the end of the season.
"We were unlucky in the final, going all the way to extra time. So we're just going to go into that game, and we obviously need to address what we need to do before Thursday, and really look at ourselves as men, as a team, to put things right."