Manager Derek McInnes has suggested Rangers could complete more signings before Wednesday’s friendly meeting with St-Etienne at Ibrox on Wednesday.
Rangers, third in last season’s Scottish Premiership, have already brought in six new recruits, with Lawrence Shankland and Cammy Devlin following McInnes from Tynecastle to Ibrox.
“The club has done brilliant work at this moment in time to try and bring in the additions that we clearly needed,” McInnes said in a club media interview from the club’s Spanish training camp.
“We want to make sure we are a more rounded squad when it comes to the bit that we’re ready, but the work will be ongoing. We’re still looking to try and get a couple of things done ahead of the St-Etienne game.
“We’re two weeks away from Dundee United [opening day of the league campaign], and I feel that the fitness of the players is a lot better and stronger to where we want it to be, from when we set off a couple of weeks ago.”
Rangers ended their camp with a 2-2 draw against Malaysian Super League champions Johor Darul Ta’zim, with McInnes calling it “a good test against a team who are well up and running in their season”.
Devlin, Ivor Pandur and Thelo Aasgaard will join training on Monday after their involvement at the World Cup and McInnes welcomes the “jag of quality” the trio will bring.
McInnes, who steered Hearts to second place last term, also stressed the importance of team building in the early days of his reign.
“I want us to be more together as a squad,” he said. “What we have is a lot of good individuals and we saw signs of that last season – Rangers, at times, were really strong. Individually, players were at a good level, but when it came to it, we needed to be more of a team.
“I really want to build that work ethic, that togetherness that gets you through tough times.”
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