Nearly man McInnes finally has Rangers job he really always wanted

Nearly man McInnes finally has Rangers job he really always wantedImage source, SNSImage caption, Derek McInnes has strong ties with Rangers, having played for the Ibrox clubByTom EnglishBBC Scotland's chief sports writerPublished2 minutes agoWhen Derek McInnes was appointed head coach of Hearts last May, he let it be known that this was the job he felt he should have had years before. The role was "everything I wanted", he said at the time.And no doubt he meant it, but things move rapidly in football management. Thirteen months, and one season, later he's dropped Hearts for Rangers. As soon as Rangers indicated a desire to take him to Ibrox, there was a certainty about the deal being done. It was just a matter of when, not if.You could understand if Hearts folk are livid with him right now, but the sense is that not many of them are not overly fussed. McInnes always was and always will be a Rangers man. As brilliantly as he did in a remarkable tilt for the title last season, it's hard to envisage a majority of fans at Tynecastle shedding too many tears for him. He almost gave them the greatest day of their lives when coming within three minutes of winning the Scottish Premiership, but he was never really one of them, never likely to be a legacy manager, not with the Rangers gig coming up so often in recent times. Sooner or later, McInnes was going to Ibrox and pretty much everyone knew it.Rohl leaves Rangers - is McInnes appointment near?Published15 hours agoWould Hearts' McInnes be 'perfect fit' for Rangers?Published1 day agoRangers will now be McInnes' train setIn his season in Edinburgh, he adapted to - but was never fully comfortable with - the way Hearts do business these days. McInnes is the type of manager who values control, but in the new world of Hearts, where Jamestown Analytics are so powerful, he was never going to get the authority he was used to at Kilmarnock and, most especially, Aberdeen.He will get it a...