Every word Ibrox boss Michael Beale said in his interview with Rangers TV.

What can you tell us about your backroom staff?

Firstly I am delighted to have this team together. It is a bit like a wishlist for me of bringing people together. There is a sprinkling of people around me who were here previously and it is important that those people are still around me as I have built a strong bond with them. With the guys I have brought in, I will go through them. Firstly Neil Banfield, who was my coach until I was 16 at Charlton. He ran a successful youth academy there and then moved to Arsenal in 1997 and stayed there until 2018 as U18s coach, reserve coach and head of the academy. He also spent eight or nine years as first team coach under Arsene Wenger, so he has seen some very good players over the years. I am delighted to have him join as an assistant coach. Joining him as assistant coach is Damien Matthew. He is a former Chelsea, Crystal Palace and England under-21 player. He retired at 28 and went into coaching. He gave me my first job at Chelsea 20 years ago, which was nice. He went on to work at Charlton and brought through several young players, such as Jonjoe Shelvey and Joe Aribo as assistant manager and first team coach. He comes in and knows me very well. Neil will work predominantly with defenders and Damien will work predominately with midfielders.

We have a first team development coach, Harry Watling. He is going to come in and work specifically with the younger players, coming from the academy. Harry comes in with a lot of experience at Chelsea and West Ham. He has also been a young manager himself and will oversee the set plays as well. He has a varied role and is like a mini version of myself. I am delighted for him that he is joining me on this journey.

We have also brought in Jack Ade as head of performance. He is from St Albans down south, but he also has experience at Newcastle, Tottenham and Liverpool over the last eight years. He worked with me as part of Liverpool U23s. We have a really good working relationship and I am delighted Jack has joined as well. We know that with the amount of games we have to play that the sports science department is vitally important. We need our best players fit and available. It is an era we need to be strong in.

Staying around me is big Colin Stewart. I have known him for a while and I am delighted he is staying. He works closely with the goalkeepers.

Young Graham Stevenson is heading up the analysis department. He knows it is an area I am quite picky on in terms of the videos and the areas we need to work on as a team. I worked with him strongly for three-and-a-half-years so I have got a mixture of the guys coming in who have real clarity on their daily role and also I am working with quality staff who are already here.

What will the friendly against Bayer Leverkusen allow you to see?

Every player this weekend will be given an opportunity. If I am a fan, I would not look too closely at the team which starts and think that is what the management team will go with against Hibs. Every player will have a chance to show they want to be part of things. We do not play friendlies so I want it to be intense

 I want the players to show me they want to be here and that they can play. Certainly, in the attacking positions where we have a number of players I am going to give players opportunities. Then we are straight back in Sunday, we do not have time for days off and will be straight through till Thursday. This Saturday is about fine-tuning and giving everyone the opportunity to show the management team they want to be part of the future.

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