JAMES TAVERNIER admits Mark Warburton sold him on a switch to Rangers before he clinched a move to Ibrox.

The right-back put pen-to-paper on a three-year deal with the Light Blues last night as he was joined by striker Martyn Waghorn.

The former Wigan pair are the latest Gers recruits as boss Warburton continues to bolster his squad ahead of the new campaign.

And Tavernier is determined to make the most of his big chance after signing on the dotted line at Murray Park.

He said: “This is me now, I know where I am at and I know where I need to be so I want to hit the ground running straight away.

“As soon as I spoke to Mark he sold it to me, the way he wants to go and the way he wants to play fitted my football.

“Everything about it was perfect for me and the platform he has put the club on made it an easy decision.

“I like to get on the ball as much as I can, get forward as much as I can and create goals.

“Having the ball at my feet is the best thing and playing out from the back will be a huge thing for me this season and it will suit me well.

“I am hoping to get more goals here than I have scored already in my career and hopefully get a full season of football, score a lot more and progress from there."

Tavernier and Waghorn could make their Gers bows at Ibrox this evening when Warburton’s side face Burnley in their final pre-season fixture before the Petrofac Training Cup tie against Hibernian on Saturday.

The Clarets clash is the first chance for fans to see Warburton’s side in action this summer and Tavernier is keen to get off to a flying start alongside former Latics team-mate Rob Kiernan.

“Another big factor in my decision was Rob being here, I played with him last season and we get on really well,” he told rangers.co.uk.

“One of the first things he said, when we were speaking to each other today, was that he’d have me back on his right hand side now, which is great.

“We know each other, we can play with each other and we are comfortable with each other so that will hopefully be a great partnership throughout the years and the fans will see that grow.

“I have played across the back throughout my career, I can play centre-back and left-back too and I can even play centre-mid and last pre-season I played right-wing so I am quite versatile.

“But right-back is my spot where I want to progress and really become the best at it.”