Le Guen knows the players he wants to sign

Le Guen has brought in six players since taking over as manager and is keen to sign Lyon's Jeremy Clement.

"We're talking starters, not young boys like the French lads (Antoine Ponroy and William Stanger)," said Murray.

"When you take a (Libor) Sionko or a (Karl) Svensson, maybe a Clement type, they're going to be starters."

Murray said last week that Le Guen had "several million" pounds, but not as much as �10m, to spend.

"He's identified them (the players he wants), and also those he wants to go out," added Murray.

"We may have to pay a few off, if required, because he doesn't want an over-full dressing room - he wants 24 players he can compete with. And that may impact on the budget."

Paul was getting more money to go other places but he and I struck up a good relationship Rangers chairman David Murray

Murray believes the capture of Le Guen to be the biggest coup of his tenure at Rangers.

"I'd like to think I'm a reasonably skilful negotiator," Murray said.

"Once I get them on the dance floor I think I've got a chance - it's just getting them there in the first place. I haven't lost many in business from then.

"Once we got to him, I always thought we had a chance. He's been the hardest target to hit because there was so much competition. Dick Advocaat was leaving PSV and it was us or one other. Alex McLeish from Hibs to here was pretty straightforward.

"But when you look at what we were up against with Paul, it's as big an achievement as we've had.

"He was getting more money to go other places, but he and I struck up a good relationship and (chief executive) Martin (Bain) did all the legwork.

"He spoke to other managers, he looked at the club - it was a challenge for him.

"It would have been easy for him to have gone to Lazio - 'there's 20 million euros' - maybe fail, then move on.

"But he thinks about everything seriously in his life. Scholastically, he went to university, football-wise, he hardly missed a game for ten years.

"He started coaching, went to Rennes, had a break, went to Lyon, had a break. He's different. He has a strategy."

Murray also revealed that Le Guen was recently afforded the opportunity to seek some expert advice on how to cope with the job when he met his three immediate predecessors.