MARK WARBURTON admits Rangers will have no option but to sell their top talents if they are made an offer they can’t refuse.

The Ibrox boss completed his third and final swoop of the transfer window on Monday as Jak Alnwick made the move from Port Vale in a £250,000 deal.

Midfielders Jon Toral and Emerson Hyndman arrived on loan deals from Arsenal and Bournemouth respectively to aid the Gers’ push for second spot in the Premiership.

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Warburton has rebuilt his squad in the last 18 months and seen the likes of Wes Foderingham and Barrie McKay shine in the top flight this term.

While the Englishman is keen to retain his best players for the long haul, he knows the financial model that Rangers have implemented means big bids will be hard to resist in the future.

He said: “I hope Rangers fans don’t see it as a derogatory statement. But right now the disparity is such with the clubs down south that we can’t match it.

“So how do we get money in? If it means you get a good price which means you get good value for the club then you have to do it.

“If you sell a player for £8million and you buy three or four players and move them forward, then that is the way. We have got to move, recognise the gap and respond to it.

“If that means selling your prized asset at the right time and for the right price, then I am sure they will do it.

“What the manager does is fight the corner. My job, and David and the staff, is to always fight for the football department.

“I think any board would be very concerned if the manager didn’t do that. We will always put forward our case. You realise an asset, develop and asset and you sell it.

“That is the way of the world. But you hope the communication is good, the dialogue is good and the feedback is positive.”

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Warburton enjoyed success in the transfer market at Brentford as a number of players were brought to Griffin Park and sold on for significant profits.

And he admits Rangers have to increase the value of their squad by uncovering talents and bringing out the best in them at Ibrox.

He said: “It is the same answer, that is above my pay grade that one. The board will always decide what represents value for the club.

“But it is good for the club in terms of players are developing, thriving, getting better and they are now assets for the club.

“A lot of players left the club for next to nothing and our job is to increase the value of the balance sheet, in a cold hearted way.

“If we can increase the assets on the balance sheet then all well and good.”