Rangers manager Graeme Murty has got his recruitment in this month's transfer window spot on, former Gers striker Steven Thompson believes.

Murty has wasted no time in making his mark on the playing squad at Ibrox following his appointment as manager on a permanent basis until the end of the season.




The Glasgow giants have swooped to snap up defender Russell Martin from Norwich City, midfielder Sean Goss from QPR, winger Jamie Murphy from Brighton and striker Jason Cummings from Nottingham Forest; all have arrived on loan deals.

Meanwhile, space has been made on the wage bill by loaning midfielder Carlos Pena to Mexican side Cruz Azul, where he has linked up with former Gers boss Pedro Caixinha.
 


Thompson has regularly criticised Rangers' recruitment this season, but he is a big fan of the deals that the club have done this month.

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"There's still quite a few who need to go, but they definitely have a better squad to choose from", Thompson said on BBC Sportscene Extra.

"I like the business that has been done by Rangers in the window. They've brought in quality and players that know the script, whereas under Caixinha in the summer the recruitment was awful.

"Murty, I feel, has got this right.

"I am a big admirer of Jamie Murphy and they've got players to come back from injury as well, you look at [Graham] Dorrans coming back, [Lee] Wallace maybe coming back, [Kenny] Miller coming back – there's going to be competition for places which is always positive."

Murty may hand debuts to his new boys this coming Wednesday when Rangers play host to Aberdeen at Ibrox in a Scottish Premiership fixture.