Rangers great Brian Laudrup is confident the Newcastle United job won't tempt Gers boss Steven Gerrard.

The Dane wrote for the Daily Mail: "The speculation over Newcastle United will keep going until the new owners actually decide who is going to take the club forward. But I said in last week's column that I couldn't see it being quite right for Gerrard at this point and I haven't changed my mind.

"The first managerial appointment under this extremely rich Newcastle regime is going to be a stepping stone.

"No matter who comes in, it will be a case of staying up this season and raising the squad to another level over two or three years. Then the next manager who comes in after that will reap the benefit and have to deliver some titles.

"Everyone knows Gerrard's dream of going back to Liverpool as manager one day in his career. Would the Newcastle of 2021, who have relegation worries, be the right step on that road? Only he knows, of course, but I'm not sure it would be."