Warburton: “We’ll sign 10 players”
Newly-appointed Rangers manager
Mark Warburton has strongly implied he intends to sign around ten players.
Speaking at his official
unveiling at Ibrox, the former Brentford boss stated that the existing squad is
‘quite lean’ and that his ideal target for an overall group is around 24 (there
are currently 14) and that it is utterly critical the squad all have a crack at
the first team and get a chance to prove their worth rather than never having a
hope of featuring.
He said:
“We had, last year, (Brentford) used the
smallest number of players throughout the whole season, we used 24 in total. I
prefer tight and lean squads because players have to have a pathway, they need
the first team; there’s nothing worse than players training hard every day and
not getting any sniff of the first team.”
He also espoused an end to
mercenary signings by stating he and his new Rangers assistant David Weir will
be looking for players who represent value for money, and will focus on all
players available, not necessarily only loans or bosmans.
He refused, however, to be drawn
on Lewis Macleod, only stating a general interest in any and all players he
feels would help progress the club.