FORMER Rangers striker Kris Boyd has given his backing to Billy Davies for the vacant manager's job at Ibrox. 

The resignation of Mark Warburton, assistant David Weir and head of recruitment Frank McParland was announced by the club on Friday evening and Davies is among the bookies' favourites to take over. 

The 52-year-old has been out of the game for almost three years since being sacked during his second spell with Nottingham Forest in March 2014.

Kilmarnock forward Boyd worked under Davies during a loan spell at Forest in 2011 and scored six goals in 10 appearances under the former Derby County, Preston and Motherwell manager.

"He'll do anything to win games of football," Boyd told BBC Scotland.

"It's a results-driven world and, for me, there's not a better man. He's a winner. 

"When you see some of the runs he's been on at clubs, the records he's broken, he has something that can bring out the best in people.

"He got me back scoring goals inside a week after a difficult few months not playing at Middlesbrough. That didn't happen by coincidence.

"It wasn't just me. There were three or four others at Forest who were lacking a bit of fitness and he had us out on bike runs at seven in the morning.

"A lot of the good work he's done in England has gone unnoticed up here.

"And if you go back as far as Motherwell, they were fighting relegation when he took over. He kept them up and then they were challenging for Europe.

"When you at the stats, I don't think there's much comes near him."

However, former Gers skipper Barry Ferguson believes that Alex McLeish is the best fit to step into the Rangers hotseat after Light Blues chairman Dave King suggested in a statement that the club will seek an interim boss until the end of the season.

Ferguson told BBC Scotland that the former Gers manager, who won two league titles, two Scottish Cups and three League Cups between 2001 and 2006 at Ibrox, would be the ideal fit.

"He knows what the club is all about, he knows the traditions and what is expected," said Ferguson, who played under McLeish for Rangers, Birmingham City and Scotland.

"I saw his interview and it looked to me like he would take it in a minute. If he got offered it, I think he'd be a good choice.

"He assembled a good team at Rangers and we had a real togetherness.

"He wanted us to work hard and play attacking football. In training as well as matches he demanded that you outwork whoever you were up against.

"He has more experience now and, if they are looking for someone to take over until the end of the season, he's a serious contender."