The new Rangers boss talks about January transfers, the futures of Ryan Kent and Alfredo Morelos, and the title race in the second part of our exclusive interview.
After three-and-a-half years as first-team coach, the 42-year-old is returning to the club as Giovanni van Bronckhorst's successor.
When key players return from injury, he will not hesitate to add more players, but in an exclusive interview with Sky Sports News, he insisted the team will be stronger.
If players are identified within the budget then the board has always supported that, he said.
I lived there for three-and-a-half years and felt like we tried to get more than the club could do, but the club is in a better position now.
Let me look at the squad first and see who is here.
There is an opportunity for the right players, in the right places.
I want to get in and work with the group.
When Tom Lawrence and Ianis Hagi are fit and well, they will have a huge impact on our team.
Kemar Roofe was the top scorer in the league winning season.
Ben Davies has been at the club for a while.
If we need to strengthen, we'll do that at the moment, we need to get one or two back fit.
Morelos and Kent are two of the players who are out of contract.
He thinks his relationship with the players will help with negotiations, but he insists it's not up to them.
He said that he had worked well with them before.
They were both great when I was here.
Ryan entertained people and got on the ball and took the game to the opponent, while Alfredo scored goals and entertained people.
I think they're capable of more than they're showing right now, but they'll have their own reasons for that and they'll be working away at that.
We've played this out before with Connor Goldson and his contract situation.
There's no problem if a player wants to take their time. The cards aren't in Ryan and Alfredo's hands so the option is either one way or the other.
We want to strengthen the Rangers with or without those players. It's best with them.
As he praised his "clear plan" to take the club forward, Ross Wilson was instrumental in bringing Beale back to I Rangers.
The new Gers boss thinks they will work well again.
I think he was behind the wheel when I came back with the other board members.
They saw that I was moving towards being a manager when I worked here before.
The job Steven did here was amazing, but he was the boss of Gary and myself.
I was invited back because they saw something in me that made them think I could do the job.
We're almost like football nerds because of our enthusiasm for the game, but myself and Ross have always had a great relationship.
We all watch the same games on tv, we know all the players. We will keep pushing this club forward.
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As he takes over a Rangers team that is nine points behind Celtic, he has a tough challenge.
He won the title with Rangers to end their rivals 10-in-a-row bid.
He said that it would be difficult.
I think that he has a team that is in a good place and that they should play to him for the job he has done.
The player's job is to chase them down.
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When I was here, we were the ones in front.
It doesn't start with games against them if we win all the other ones.
We have to move closer. We have to connect with our fans in terms of the way we play and that's the most important thing.
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