Focused Gio van Bronckhorst touched down at Rangers and immediately started work on adding a No. 2 and could also add a Scottish influence to his coaching team further down the line.
The new manager, who flew into Scotland yesterday, will watch tomorrow’s Premier Sports Cup semi-final with Hibs from the Hampden stands.
Van Bronckhorst is working on his assistant.
He and the club are in talks with a candidate but it won’t be his long-term No. 2 Jean Paul van Gastel, who is set to remain at Guangzhou.
Rangers remain in talks to finalise deals to bring in Roy Makaay as a striking coach/analyst, Arno Phillips as performance coach and Tori Bosschart as a video analyst.
Deals for those three are likely to be concluded over the weekend to allow them to join Van Bronckhorst when he starts at Ibrox.
The club hope his work permit will be in place for next week.
Current Rangers goalkeeping coach Colin Stewart will also remain in position.
Van Bronckhorst wanted to bring in long-term assistant van Gastel but that is not a live option.
He is out of contract with Guangzhou at the end of the year and his Chinese employers have made it clear they want him to remain.
There has also been talk of Van Gastel getting an extension due to the current travel restrictions in entering China.
Rangers sporting director Ross Wilson and the Ibrox board are keen to have another coach with experience of Rangers or the British game.
That is likely to be looked at further down the line and Van Bronckhorst is currently considering his options.
