Dean Shiels would love to have a top-flight reunion with former club Rangers.

The Northern Ireland internationalist has set his sights on promotion from the Championship after signing a 12-month deal at Dunfermline.

That will put him on a collision course with the Ibrox side he left last summer.

He said: “This is a Premiership club, really, and standards have to be set, and we have to focus on getting promotion.

“I don’t think there’s any point turning up every week just hoping for the best. You’ve got to set goals, and try to collectively achieve them.

“Speaking to a couple of people at the club, I know there’s ambitions here. We want to do well and get promoted. I want to win the league here. Whether we can do that or not, that has to be the aim.”

The Northern Ireland player has returned to Scottish football after leaving Ibrox last summer with three league titles in the bag from his four-year stint, and he quickly added the League of Ireland trophy to his personal haul last year after joining Dundalk.

And, after a five-month stint in the North American Soccer League with FC Edmonton, the 32-year-old is desperate to continue his winning streak with the Pars.

The move to East End Park reunites Shiels with former Rangers team-mate Nicky Clark, who he admits he sounded out about the switch to Fife.

He said: “Nicky spoke highly of the club and that was a big factor in my decision to come here.”