MARK WARBURTON hopes there will be no January window deadline day swoops at Ibrox as he looks to get his transfer business done sooner rather than later.

The Rangers boss has completed deals for Maciej Gostomski and Harry Forrester already this month and has tied down Accrington Stanley pair Matt Crooks and Josh Windass on pre-contract agreements to join his squad in the summer.

Rangers have had two bids for St Johnstone striker Michael O’Halloran rejected in recent days and have also made a move for Brentford star Toumani Diagouraga.

Warburton hopes he will be able to add to his squad before the Championship clash with Morton on Monday as his side look to make it five successive wins.

The final few days of the window are always frantic for managers, players and clubs and deals will be done right up until the deadline on February 1.

But Warburton is confident he will be able to watch the last-minute scramble go on from afar as he looks to get his shopping spree completed as soon as possible.

“It’s enjoyable watching it all with your feet up and a nice glass of red wine in hand!,” he said.

“I always think about the housing market. If you panic on deadline day and rush into buying a house then you will have cause to look back and regret it.

“You have to be comfortable with the decision. If you are prepared to endure a bit of pain then great, but if not then don’t do it.

“Clubs do rush into it and agents also delay it. Clubs do pay more if they feel compelled to do it.

“You have this mix of agents, clubs, players and deadline days and I think it’s important that from a Rangers perspective we get our business done at a level we are comfortable with and if not then step away.

“If we don’t sign anyone in this window then I’ll be happy to go with what I’ve got.

“If you are looking at the last five or six hours of a window then you’re in trouble.

“If it’s down to the last hour then you are paying over the odds or you have the wrong player.”

Warburton took time out from his preparations for the trip to Greenock on Monday and the transfer merry-go-round to continue working towards his Uefa Pro Licence this week.

He has been rebuffed in his approaches for O’Halloran and Diagouraga so far but remains confident of getting deals done in the coming days.

And he admits the price will have to be right before he decides to sanction a move for any player as he looks for value in the market.

Warburton said: “We put forward what we think represents value. That’s important. We might get that completely wrong.

“But we look at the clubs we’ve been at and then we consider what we think is good value.

“If that deal can be done at that level, with possibly the odd tweak here and there although nothing major, then great, we’ve done our job.

“But if the fee being asked for is two or three times greater than what we believe it should be then we move on. But we’ve got to stand our ground and stick to what we think is right.

“That’s why we get paid, to make good judgements on players and their market value. But the market is moving, there’s no doubt about that. Just look at down south.

“I’ve just returned from a few days at St George’s Park. There are big clubs down there and you hear some of the stories and where the market’s going — and it’s not south.”

Warburton has enjoyed an impressive strike rate in the transfer market so far at Ibrox as he has rebuilt the Light Blues squad and taken his side clear in the Championship title race.

The 53-year-old has a methodical approach to the game on and off the park as he leaves no stone unturned in the pursuit of success this season.

And Warburton will always do his homework to ensure, as far as possible, that he knows exactly what he is buying before he concludes a deal.

He said: “Touch wood, I haven’t [been stung before]. It’s important to do all your work in the build up to the window and then go get it done.

“You have to research them, look at them off the pitch, ask if they train well, ask about their nutrition, do they re-hydrate well, look at speed tests or Wyscout.

“Imagine I proposed a player who had a drinking or gambling habit? You have to do your research.

“It could be the case [that you get a last minute deal], but in my mind then I wouldn’t want to be involved in that. For me that’s bad organisation of plans.”

If Rangers can get the deals for O’Halloran and Diagouraga over the line in the coming days, that could complete Warburton’s transfer activity this month.

The Ibrox boss has got value for money with his acquisitions so far as the likes of James Tavernier, Jason Holt and Martyn Waghorn have shone at Ibrox.

But Warburton knows it is not easy to get the right players at the right price in a competitive, and increasingly pricey, transfer market.

He said: “Anyone on the target list has to add value. Anyone here can recommend me 50 number 10s – go on Wyscout and put in position number 10 and it will churn them out. It’s not about that, though.

“If we can find value with a player who is good on the ball who can rotate, who can time a forward run then we will look at them.

“But out of 50 we can maybe only afford four or five. Others might be on £200,000 a week!

“You have to tick all the boxes and then you might come up with a handful of targets – maybe only one or two.”