Mark Warburton ‘won’t hesitate to suggest £1m buy’

Warburton, right, with assistant boss David Weir (L) and new head of recruitment Frank McParland. Picture: SNS

RANGERS boss Mark Warburton will not be afraid to suggest a £1million signing in January, despite the club’s ongoing cash shortage.

Rangers last week admitted they would need up to £2.5million of shareholder loans to see out the season, but Warburton brought in 11 players during the summer, three on loan, and he is looking for one or two in the winter transfer window.

Warburton said: “Every player we have gone for so far we have secured and we are working closely with the board and the owner. Communication is first class.

“We’re in good shape and I’m sure we will get the players we are looking for.

“We will put forward players we think can add value. You can buy a player for a million pounds and it quickly becomes five. You can buy a player at 850 (thousand) and two years later it’s 550.

“It’s about trusting your judgement and getting the right value for the club. If it’s near seven figures and we think it represents good value, we will put it to the board. Absolutely.”

Warburton is working closely on the shopping list with Frank McParland, the club’s new head of recruitment.

McParland was tempted away from Burnley in October after just four months at Turf Moor to resume his working relationship with Warburton and assistant David Weir, who were all at Brentford together.

“I’ve known Mark 10 years or something,” said McParland, who recruited Raheem Sterling for Liverpool. “I was involved in the NextGen tournament that he ran.

“When I worked at the Liverpool academy he was academy director at Watford and we had a tournament and I invited Mark up.

“They played a Hungarian team on the first-team pitch and I went into the dressing room and I said: ‘Warbs, that is the best performance I’ve ever seen on that pitch’. And it was.