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Sacked West Ham boss Slaven Bilic once said he would "walk to Glasgow" for the chance to manage Rangers or Celtic.

The Croat was axed by the Hammers this morning with the club sitting in the Premier League relegation zone with just nine points from 11 matches.

And already some Rangers fans have named him as their No.1 choice for the vacant manager's position at Ibrox.

Bilic, statisticlly the Hammers’ most successful EPL manager, is a 25/1 outsider with the bookies to replace Pedro Caixinha while Derek McInnes is still very much the favourite for the job.

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But Bilic spoke glowingly about football in Glasgow seven years ago after being heavily linked with the Celtic position when Tony Mowbray was bulleted.

In an interview with Record Sport he said: "To manage one of the Old Firm would be a big honour and a big responsibility. It means a lot to so many people there.

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"They're institutions. They're a way of living, they're a religion. They're not clubs, they're much, much more than that.

"It's not just football, it's everything. It's your life. If I had an invite from Celtic or Rangers to go for an interview I would walk to Glasgow.

"I've had calls in the past but I didn't do it because I decided to stay here (in the Croatia job at the time)."

Meanwhile former Manchester United and Everton boss David Moyes is expected to replace Bilic at West Ham until the end of the season.

Moyes had been linked with the Rangers and Scotland jobs but is understood to have agreed to take over at the Hammers.

Read the full 2010 interview with Bilic here: