Kenny Miller: Warburton would be signing of the summer if he pens new deal

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KENNY MILLER reckons Rangers will pull off their biggest signing of the summer if boss Mark Warburton pens a new Ibrox deal.

 

The Englishman has held talks with Light Blues chiefs over a fresh contract after leading his side to the Championship title, Petrofac Training Cup and Scottish Cup final last term.

 

Warburton is just twelve months into the three-year-deal he agreed when he and David Weir took over at Ibrox last summer and Managing Director Stewart Robertson insisted this week that he is ‘relaxed’ over the situation.

 

Rangers have completed seven deals in preparation for a shot at the Premiership title next season but Miller believes Warburton would top the lot if he was to put pen-to-paper on a new contract in the coming weeks.

 

He said: “I can’t speak highly enough of the job the manager has done. For me, if he can extend his contract then it would be the biggest signing of the season for us.

 

“Joey Barton - fantastic signing. A huge signing. But these guys are coming to Rangers off the back of the manager being here because of his influence when he’s met them.

 

“Of course, this football club is a huge attraction. I’ve said many times it doesn’t need to sell itself.

 

“But it takes someone with the manager’s vision and appetite to go and do what he’s done and it’s crucial for me that we keep him.”

 

The arrival of the likes of Barton and Niko Kranjcar are a statement of intent from Rangers as they gear up for their top flight return next term.

 

Warburton believes Rangers must be ‘highly competitive’ in the coming months but many Gers fans are confident of what lies ahead as they bid to stop Celtic clinching a sixth successive Premiership crown.

 

The Light Blue legions have already snapped up more than 37,000 season tickets ahead of the big kick-off and Miller knows Warburton’s side have to live up to the expectations at Ibrox.

 

He said: “The manager has been quoted a lot saying second is nothing in Scotland when you’re Rangers.

 

“The business he’s done and is still trying to do shows what his aims are this season and that message is fed down to the dressing room so we as players know the expectations and demands.

 

“We’ve got a fantastic opportunity ahead of us and we’re assembling a really good squad on the back of a good season.

 

“We had the base of a good squad and with key additions in terms of youth, experience and hunger it looks like exciting times are ahead this season.”

 

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