Michael Beale planning Rangers transfer cull as Ibrox boss vows not to 'devalue' the light blue shirt

Michael Beale is planning a Rangers squad cull this summer, insisting he has too many players and doesn't want to ‘devalue’ the Light Blue shirt.

The Ibrox gaffer added just two new faces to his squad during the January transfer window in the shape of Todd Cantwell and Nicolas Raskin. And it seems the priority at the end of the season will be trimming the fat. Taking into account his young guns out on loan, Beale wants a core of seven or eight stars who will play most weeks, with the rest providing support to them, as was the case during his time at Liverpool and English Premier League pace setters Arsenal this season.

“We have too many players in my opinion,” Beale said. “There’s a reason we’ve carried one or two more, we’ve had injury problems and we’ve had to supplement that. When I say we have too many, we have young players out on loan as well."

"So when pre-season starts they’re all back in the building. I want all the players to have clarity in their role in the squad and it’s difficult the more players you have.

“If I look at the top teams in the top leagues, like Arsenal at the minute, they have the most consistent eleven and I know from being at Liverpool when they won that was the case as well. When we won the league we had a core of seven or eight that play.

“With the amount of subs in the match day squad now I want everyone to feel engaged and involved in the squad. I want everyone to feel their best days are in front of them and to know the pecking order to get in the team and what role they’ve got.

“If I look at Fashion Sakala and Todd Cantwell, they’ve rotated the last few games and are completely different so they are competing for the same role but there will be certain games that suit Fashion more