Rangers caretaker boss Graeme Murty has confessed Mark Allen will have the final say on the Light Blues' January transfer targets.

While Murty has seen his run in charge of the first team extended until the end of December at least, he confirmed director of football Mark Allen retains overall command of player recruitment.

The interim manager is part of the discussion group weighing up areas of weakness in the squad and potential new signings.

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But for now former Manchester City academy boss Allen will have the last word.

"Our recruitment department and Mark are looking at targets," he explained. "They are looking at players with the characteristics required to play for this football club.

"I'm not involved in identifying targets, I'm involved in identifying characteristics and areas of the squad we need to strengthen.

"We're in daily discussions but as it comes closer to that time and to individual players, you'll have to talk to Mark because he's in charge of that side of it at the moment in our current set-up.

"I haven't been told anything is going to stop us getting a player that we like. But similarly I haven't yet been that detailed with specific targets as yet.

"That will just have to take care of itself when January comes."

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The matter could yet be complicated if Gers finally make progress in their search for a new manager in the next few weeks.

And Murty conceded the Light Blues risk missing out on their top targets while they focus on the concluding their long-running hunt for Pedro Caixinha's replacement.

"It's possible," he said at his pre-match press conference ahead of Wednesday's clash with Hibernian at Easter Road. "But to be perfectly honest I think we're buying a bit of trouble if we get focused on it.

"The squad is as it is at the moment. We've identified there are areas we need to strengthen and it's down to the recruitment group to make sure that those best targets are identified.

"As or when a new manager comes in they will be addressed at that time, along with the new manager's targets.

"If there is no-one in place I'm sure there will be other plans put in place to help the squad through what is a busy, busy period."

Murty and his assistant Jonatan Johansson spent Sunday in Leith as they embarked on a spying mission during Hibs' showdown with Celtic - but left before Neil Lennon's side hit back from two goals down to claim an impressive 2-2 draw.

However, the Gers boss reckons the clues he gathered from the Edinburgh side's performance against Brendan Rodgers' league leaders has less value that some of the nuggets he has gleamed from their displays against lower-ranked rivals.

"We left because I don't think Hibs will play in that manner against us and I don't think we will play in Celtic's style," Murty explained.

"We left and came back here and spent three or four hours watching different games and seeing different formations because Mr Lennon is quite canny with his formation changes. He changes in games and changes from game to game.

"I had to get a good feel for the place and that's why we went, so we know what the environment that our players are going to face is like.

"But it was also to get a good view of their personnel. We saw some of them against Celtic but we saw a great deal more in the viewing of the games subsequent to that."