Ross Wilson might like to operate under the radar at Rangers but over the next few months the spotlight is very likely to be trained on the Ibrox director of football.
He might have been praised by Steven Gerrard in the past for delivering the likes of Kemar Roofe and Ianis Hagi to his office at the top of the marble staircase, but Wilson will surely have to be embark on an exercise that will be a lot less pleasing from the manager's perspective in the coming months.
He is going to have to find a way of getting top dollar for players like Hagi, Joe Aribo, Ryan Kent and Alfredo Morelos, with one of the big names possibly being shipped out in January.
That might be unpalatable to Gerrard, particularly as his team is in what looks like a much closer fight for the title than last season.
But the manager isn't daft He knows that yesterday's annual accounts showing a loss of £23.5m is unsustainable and even if the pandemic is responsible for a massive reduction in revenue - £10m worth of profit was lost in gate receipts and hospitality last season - the fact is that first team playing squad wages amounted to £33.5m of the total of £47m in staff costs.
That's massive and might have been manageable if Rangers had beaten Malmo to get to this season's Champions League prize-pot of £40m but they didn't, so that was one gamble that backfired.
They can't afford to lose another one and this is where Wilson comes in.
The dogs in the street know that winning the title this season almost certainly earns you that straight £40m. No Malmo, or anyone else, to negotiate because for the first time in 12 years the Scottish champions should gain direct entry to the big boys' playground.
So, do Rangers go all in and NOT sell anyone in the January window in the hope that retaining the squad gives them the best chance of doing just that? Then that £40m helps the club back onto its feet financially.
Or does the Board insist that the league can still be won without one of the aforementioned players, and instruct Wilson to find a buyer and negotiate the best price possible?
This is an area in which Rangers have failed over the piece in recent seasons.
Across the city, Celtic have managed to rake in £11m for Jeremie Frimpong , £13m for Kris Ajer and £14m for Odsonne Edouard, which could rise to £18m. Previous failures to make the Champions League have seen them sell the likes of Kieran Tierney for £25m, so they've found a way to stop the financial bleeding when qualification to the group stage hasn't happened.
Rangers haven't. They've rejected bids for Kent and Morelos in the past and as recently as the summer knocked back £7m for Nathan Patterson in the belief that in this youngster they have a potential superstar, who will go for far more in the fullness of time.
That's understandable, but also a gamble. After all, wasn't this the same thinking in knocking back Lille's £16m for Morelos? Since then, the Colombian's value - and certainly his performances - have dropped markedly and you'd have to think if someone came in with a similar offer in January, the temptation would be to take it.
That's because, at 25, we might have already seen the best of Alfredo Morelos. Also, with his contract up the season at the end of next season, his value will decrease with every passing window before then and now.
Aribo and Kent's deals also expire in May 2023. The same applies to them and Aribo, in particular, could be sold for big money given the form he is currently displaying. But can Gerrard afford to lose him?
They'd get more money for Hagi, perhaps, because his deal isn't up until May 2024. But the Romanian is increasingly becoming the difference maker in matches and perhaps the time to get maximum value from selling him will be next summer when he still has 18 months left on his deal, leaving Rangers in a stronger negotiating position.
For me, then, if someone is to go sooner rather than later, it is Morelos. He's not the player that he was; some of the fire has gone out of his game and with it the goals that set him apart. He doesn't seem to click with Roofe and it may well be that a Hagi, Roofe, Kent front three will be Rangers' most productive and could still carry them to the title.
If Rangers do decide that Morelos has to be sold, Wilson will have to produce the hard sell.
His club can't afford to keep posting losses like they did yesterday, so the pressure is on.
