A decade ago or so, any manager who had a good stint in the managerial circuit in Scotland – and even at a provincial club – could conceivably believe that it was a passport to a job south of the border.

Craig Levein got the Leicester City job on the back of what he had achieved with Hearts, and so it was interesting to hear Rangers manager Mark Warburton talk this week of still enjoying being linked with other clubs.

It is a fair comment from the Ibrox boss.

The problem is that there is an issue not just with players who seem to be forgotten about when they come to Scotland but with managers too. As English football has got richer and the Scottish game more impoverished we have viewed as a bit of a non entity.

But managers are nomads – sometimes very well paid nomads – but they have an existence where they never tend to settle for too long at any one club. Three or four years is the longest that you really expect a manager to be in a job nowadays before he either opts to go elsewhere or the club decide to cut ties.

Warburton came to football later in life after a career that had been relatively successful and lucrative and when he joined Rangers it is fair to say he did so with his stock relatively high.

There was a feeling that what had happened at Brentford was a little harsh on him when they decided they did not wish to continue with his services, but I covered quite a few games in the years he was in charge there and he was always considerably well thought of.

He has done well this season at Ibrox and I reckon that he will have another year in him at Rangers in the top flight.

And, like all managers, his eyes and ears will be open all the time. In that respect he is no different from Robbie Nielson or Derek McInnes in that he will be well aware that if he take Rangers on a little bit again this season then he can think about putting himself in the frame back to down in England.

That is just the reality of the situation for all managers.

The way the managerial circuit works is interesting because the most sought after boss in 2014 can suddenly find that his stock has fallen dramatically after a couple of bad seasons somewhere.

Warburton will know that with Rangers in the top flight next term that he has to ensure they are holding their own and developing.

He came to the club with no previous ties to it, he developed his own culture and philosophy there this season and his motivation will be to keep them moving forward as he eyes his own next move.

It is simply the way it works and it benefits everyone. If the manager has his own ambitions then the immediate remit is to get the very best out of the squad in front of him and I think Warburton is capable of that next season – albeit that we would all accept he needs to bolster the squad with a few more additions.