LEWIS MACLEOD insists Rangers can challenge strongly for silverware this season after holding on to their top players on the transfer window's final day.

The stricken Ibrox club is facing an uncertain future after it was confirmed last week that at least £4million must be raised from a share offering later this month.

There were serious fears their predicament could result in some members of Ally McCoist's squad being sold off on the cheap - with online speculation that Wigan had made a cheeky £800,000 bid for Macleod.

But the talented midfielder is happy to stay at the Ibrox club and declared: "The squad we have now is good enough to cope with all the competitions we are in."

Gers manager McCoist, who brought in five free transfers during the summer, had spoken of his desire to add more new faces to his squad.

However, the revelation that money is set to run out in the coming months meant he spent Monday hoping no offers would come in for any of his key personnel.

English Championship side Wigan have cash to spend after selling James McArthur to Premier League new boys Crystal Palace for £7million and need to strengthen in

midfield.

Yet sources at the SPFL Championship club confirmed they received no offer from Wigan, or any other club, for the hugely talented 20-year-old.

Elsewhere, left-back and vice-captain Lee Wallace, who was rumoured to be interesting Brighton, has also remained at the League One champions.

Youngsters Tom Walsh, Danny Stoney, Luca Gasparotto, Craig Halkett, Calum Gallagher, Barrie McKay and Robbie Crawford have gone out on loan until January 1.

But Macleod, who has joined up with the Scotland Under-21 squad ahead of their games against Slovakia and Luxembourg, was pleased no first-team regulars were offloaded.

And he is confident Rangers can challenge for the SPFL Championship and give good accounts of themselves in the Petrofac Training Cup, League Cup and Scottish Cup with their current squad.

Macleod said: "I don't think it matters that the manager hasn't added further to the squad.

"We have a good enough squad just now. I think we can cope with all of the competitions we have to play in.

"Obviously there would have been no harm in bringing other players in and strengthening the squad even further. It would have created competition for places and kept everyone on their toes.

"But the manager has added some very experienced players to the squad in the summer and strengthened greatly.

"If we can get used to playing with each other, get a settled team full of settled players, then it won't matter that he hasn't managed to bring anybody else in.

"I think we have certainly managed to gel together as a unit in the last few games that we have played in and it is good that nobody has moved on."