LEE McCulloch reckons winning a cup competition can be a viable target for Rangers next season.

Gers captain McCulloch was greatly heartened to see three players with extensive SPL experience arrive at the Ibrox club last week.

Cammy Bell, Jon Daly and Nicky Law have all joined the Third Division champions from Kilmarnock, Dundee United and Motherwell respectively.

And more are set to follow that trio in the coming weeks with Nicky Clark, Arnold Peralta, Kenny Miller and Nacho Novo all being linked with the Light Blues.

The Glasgow giants have been unable to strengthen since September due to a 12-month signing ban imposed by the SFA for non-payment of taxes.

McCoist has been forced to rely heavily on kids during the 2012/13 campaign due to the limited number of players at his disposal.

McCulloch reckons the new boys will help the club achieve their main objective next term – winning the Second Division title and a second successive promotion.

But the 35-year-old is also optimistic that Rangers can challenge in either the League Cup or in the Scottish Cup if they have the resources available.

"It would be great to get a cup next season," he agreed. "Hopefully, we can make an impression in them.

"Of course, it depends upon who we manage to bring in. But if we manage to strengthen enough then maybe the management will expect us to go after a cup.

"The priority for us will always be the league. But we will certainly willingly go out and try to land a cup if we have the squad to do that."

Rangers were dumped out of both the League Cup and Scottish Cup by top flight opposition during the season that has just ended.

They were beaten 3-0 at Ibrox by Inverness in the former in October and lost by an identical scoreline to Dundee United at Tannadice in February in the latter.

Daly, who put pen to paper on a two-year deal with Rangers on Friday, netted his team's final goal in that comprehensive win. McCulloch is pleased the former Republic of Ireland Under-21 cap has joined his club and is looking forward to playing with him.

The 30-year-old can – as is the case with equally versatile McCulloch – either play up front or in central defence.

But is new skipper, who also played in central midfield during his team's time in the fourth tier, is content to play wherever needed.

And he is confident he will be able to play alongside 6ft 2in Daly in a successful team no matter where they are both deployed. "I honestly don't know where I will be playing in the season ahead," he admitted.

"But the manager knows that I am willing to play anywhere on the pitch in order to help him out or do a job for the team. As long as I am involved I am happy. It has been hard for the manager just to be a manager at times in the last couple of seasons with everything that has gone on.

"Hopefully we can all just concentrate on football in the season to come and will do well as a result of being able to do that."

McCulloch, who was named Rangers Player of the Year after netting 25 times and finishing as top scorer, certainly intends to play on for as long as possible.

The former Motherwell, Wigan Athletic and Scotland player brought out his autobiography, Simp-Lee The Best, this season. He is, though, optimistic there will be a few more chapters to be penned before he finally hangs up his boots and retires from football.

He said: "I still have two years left on my contract with Rangers and that is a very, very long time in football.

"My knees and ankles certainly feel it when I am playing on these 3G and 4G pitches. But I have played a lot of games this season and have enjoyed my football.

"Days like we enjoyed on the final day of the season, when we received the Third Division trophy, are special and we want to experience many more of them.

"It is an old cliche in this game, but I will just take every game as it comes. I certainly want to be here for the rest of my career however long that will be."