{"id":248713,"date":"2026-06-17T11:08:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T11:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/17\/hearts-say-goodbye-to-two-more-key-men-as-rangers-mcinnes-era-officially-begins\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T11:08:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T11:08:55","slug":"hearts-say-goodbye-to-two-more-key-men-as-rangers-mcinnes-era-officially-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/17\/hearts-say-goodbye-to-two-more-key-men-as-rangers-mcinnes-era-officially-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"Hearts say goodbye to two more key men as Rangers McInnes era officially begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>It was only a month ago that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/tag\/hearts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hearts<\/a> came within minutes of winning the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/tag\/scottish-premiership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scottish Premiership<\/a>, but now they&#8217;re set to be picked apart by title rivals <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/tag\/rangers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rangers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<p>The Gers have already signed Hearts captain Lawrence Shankland and now Derek McInnes is set to follow suit.<\/p>\n<p>In the blink of an eye, those at Tynecastle have lost their leader and their manager to one of their biggest title rivals.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, this is all a knock-on effect started by Danny Rohl. The Rangers boss has completed his move to Red Bull Salzburg less than 12 months after he arrived at Ibrox and the McInnes era now officially begins.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a blow for the 49ers and Andrew Cavenagh, who had publicly backed the German, but it&#8217;s fair to say they have impressed in the wake of Rohl&#8217;s decision, forcing Salzburg into a hefty compensation fee while hijacking McInnes at a lower cost.<\/p>\n<p>Hearts, meanwhile, have been left looking around wondering just where to turn to next. They&#8217;ve been sent back to square one and must use Tony Bloom&#8217;s date-led thinking to forget all about McInnes and Shankland.<\/p>\n<p>However, the bad news is that Rangers are still after more names.<\/p>\n<div class=\"w-display-card-vignette\">\n<div class=\"qz\">\n<div class=\"qz-content\">\n<div id=\"qend\">\n<p>You scored<\/p>\n<p>out of 20<\/p>\n<p>      <button class=\"e-replay\" onclick=\"startQuiz()\">\u21a9 Play again<\/button>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"rangers-set-to-welcome-two-more-hearts-figures\">\n                        <strong>Rangers set to welcome two more Hearts figures<\/strong><br \/>\n               <\/h2>\n<p>As reported by the Rangers Review&#8217;s Chris Jack, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Chris_Jack89\/status\/2067151800398926201?s=20\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Rangers are also set to welcome Paul Sheerin and Alan Archibald<\/a> as part of McInnes&#8217; coaching staff.<\/p>\n<p>It is ruthless from Rangers &#8211; the duo accompanied the manager at Hearts and their departure will leave those at Tynecastle scrambling for a manager and two members of backroom staff.<\/p>\n<p>Both coaches have played key roles for McInnes since 2022 and that includes Hearts&#8217; impressive rise last season. Their importance will be highlighted next season if Rangers enjoy a similar transformation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"body-img landscape \">\n<div class=\"responsive-img  image-expandable  img-article-item\" style=\"padding-bottom:50%\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hearts-derek-mcinnes-scottish-premiership.jpg\" data-modal-id=\"single-image-modal\" data-modal-container-id=\"single-image-modal-container\" data-img-caption=\"&quot;&quot;\">\n                                                                                            <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hearts-derek-mcinnes-scottish-premiership.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hearts-derek-mcinnes-scottish-premiership.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hearts-derek-mcinnes-scottish-premiership.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hearts-derek-mcinnes-scottish-premiership.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 1023px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hearts-derek-mcinnes-scottish-premiership.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hearts-derek-mcinnes-scottish-premiership.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Gers are certainly backing their new man and Rohl&#8217;s departure could quickly become a blessing in disguise if he hits the ground running at Ibrox.<\/p>\n<p>The fan base has been split on the German in recent months and are now set to welcome a replacement who knows all about the Scottish Premiership.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/better-signing-than-braga-rangers-ready-to-pounce-to-re-sign-cerny\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read next: Rangers ready to re-sign \u00a36m star<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"display-card  article article-card small  no-badge  active-content                              \" data-include-community-rating=\"false\" id=\"better-signing-than-braga-rangers-ready-to-pounce-to-re-sign-cerny\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<p>                                                                                                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/better-signing-than-braga-rangers-ready-to-pounce-to-re-sign-cerny\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                        <img width=\"440\" height=\"248\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"claudio-braga-hearts\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/untitled-design-3.png?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=220&amp;h=124&amp;dpr=2\" src=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/untitled-design-3.png?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=220&amp;h=124&amp;dpr=2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <span data-field=\"label\" class=\"article-card-label\"><label>Related<\/label><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"w-display-card-content regular article-block\">\n<h5 class=\"display-card-title \">\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/better-signing-than-braga-rangers-ready-to-pounce-to-re-sign-cerny\/\" title=\"Better signing than Braga: Rangers ready to re-sign \u00a36m star\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tBetter signing than Braga: Rangers ready to re-sign \u00a36m star<br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t<\/h5>\n<p class=\"display-card-excerpt\">Rangers could be seeking to make a statement first signing under Derek McInnes.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/hearts-set-to-suffer-two-more-exits-as-rangers-continue-ruthless-raid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was only a month ago that Hearts came within minutes of winning the Scottish Premiership, but now they&#8217;re set to be picked apart by title rivals Rangers. The Gers have already signed Hearts captain Lawrence Shankland and now Derek McInnes is set to follow suit. In the blink of an eye, those at Tynecastle [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":248714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6808],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-248713","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}