FORMER Rangers chief scout Ewan Chester hopes the Ibrox crowd buy into Mark Warburton’s vision for the future as he looks to guide the club back to the top of Scottish football.

The new Light Blues boss has added keeper Wes Foderingham and defenders Danny Wilson and Rob Kiernan to his squad so far this summer as he gears up for the new campaign.

More new arrivals are likely in the coming days to bolster a depleted first team pool and Chester, who spent two decades at Ibrox and is now chief scout at Brighton, is confident Warburton and assistant David Weir are on the right track.

He told SportTimes: “I think the signings to date have been very good deals.

“The players they signed and developed at Brentford was very impressive and every signing they made fitted into their structure.

“They didn’t have huge numbers in their squad. A lot of people fall into the trap where you can actually have too many players.

“People recruit and have over inflated squads and the thing that struck me about Brentford was that it was a really lean squad.

“The players they did sign, they were signed to fit into the system. That is something you will see at Rangers.

“Players will be signed for specific roles and they will sign players that will improve under their guidance.”

While Gers fans know all about returning star Wilson, few will have seen former Swindon keeper Foderingham and Kiernan, the former Wigan, Brentford and Birmingham stopper, in action.

But Chester has been impressed by the first three recruits of the new era at Ibrox as Warburton builds from the back this summer.

He said: “When Danny first came in, two of his early games for the club were at Celtic Park and a Champions League game. That proved that, even at that young age, he had an outstanding temperament.

“He is a very good player. What he has done at Hearts is impressive and I think he is a good signing.

“Wes Foderingham is rated highly in England and a lot of clubs looked at him in the second half of last season aware that he was a Bosman. I like the sound of Foderingham in goal with Wilson and Kiernan as the centre-backs.

“People are sometimes wary of players that have had multiple loans but in places like Italy, that is seen as part of your apprenticeship.

“Rob is at the age where he is ready to be a constant in a side and he is very experienced.

“At Birmingham and Norwich, we had Andros Townsend and Harry Kane, and both are now in the England setup.

“They had multiple loans and people thought they were just going from club to club, but they gained from each experience. I think Rob is in that category.”