Jose Cifuentes to Rangers transfer timeline teased by 'confident' Michael Beale as Danilo stalemate addressed

Michael Beale has challenged Rangers' strikers to get a glut of goals this season in their quest for the Premiership title.

The Ibrox gaffer gave new £4.5 million front-man Cyriel Dessers his debut yesterday in a 2-1 friendly win over Hamburg. He joined summer signings Sam Lammers and Abdellah Sima up top, while Kemar Roofe and Tom Lawrence returned from injury against the Germans.

And he's still in the hunt for Brazilian hit-man Danilo from Feyenoord. Dessers has been signed as the club’s new number nine and Beale believes he’ll get double-digit goals for Gers. But the manager is adamant he won’t be the only one as they attempt to topple Celtic and become champions. Beale said: “I think Dessers will be one of three or four players who can get us double figures in goals this season. If we’re a good team, we’ll share the goals out. But Cyriel has come in and he’s really fresh, energetic. We’re trying to get as many forwards as we can on the pitch.

“We ended the game today with Dessers, Roofe, Lammers, Lawrence and Todd Cantwell so it’s very front foot. It’s important we have cohesion defensively because I think we’ll naturally score goals.

"You could see with Cyriel and Kemar, they’re very similar. As a partnership, that could be very interesting for us.

“They’ve probably done five or six days of pre-season, so you’re only seeing them at 30 or 40 percent fitness. And Tom has come back after 10 months out. He has been training outstandingly but you can see he needs to pick up his fitness.

“With Abdallah, you see what he is going to give us in terms of his work ethic. With the players coming in, there’s a change of energy - that’s what I was looking for.”

Rangers launched a new bid of around £5 million for Danilo last