Derek McInnes has outlined his plans to make Rangers a "winning club" once again.
The 54-year-old was unveiled as the Ibrox side's 22nd permanent manager on Wednesday, prior to being confirmed as Danny Rohl's successor the week before.
McInnes, who led Hearts to an unbeaten campaign at Tynecastle last season, has already held "really positive" talks with chairman Andrew Cavenagh.
He said: "The [first] conversation with Andrew was really positive, he made it clear that he wanted me to be the manager, there was nobody else part of the conversation.
"He gave the reasons why he wanted me to be the manager, he said he would do all he could to support and to try to deliver the team that we all want and a lot of the messaging was stuff that I was hoping for, to be honest."
McInnes says he wants to build a squad that "can't wait" to play at Ibrox every other Saturday.
In 2025, Rangers suffered four successive home defeats, the longest such run in their history.
He said: "I don't want any players going onto the pitch with any sort of anxiety or dread about it; they've got to understand that when they sign here, it can't all be, as I say, just straightforward wins, you've got to earn it.
"But players can't play at their best unless they're confident, players need to want to play at Ibrox, they can't wait to turn up, they can't wait to set about the task, and the fans will come with them, they will."
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McInnes will have the final say on transfers and has already begun discussions with technical director Dan Purdy on how the squad can be improved.
Plans that were in place while Rohl was manager have not been torn up, and McInnes will look to add to the group in the coming weeks.
He said: "Over the last week or so, there's been a lot of Zoom calls, even when I was on holiday with Jim and Dan, really just seeing where everybody's at in the squad.
"We've tried to get a framework in place of what the squad needs to look like in terms of numbers and in terms of positions, and then just slowly but surely adding the names to that.
"There's several good conversations going on at the minute with a lot of players, a few players, and I've never been a manager that gets everything they want, so I don't expect to get everything that we want.
"But hopefully we can get a few of the players in that we've identified, and I think that, equally, although it was a disappointing campaign last season, the current squad will be feeling not great about themselves because the stick comes when you don't perform."
McInnes continued: "Hopefully I can get a grasp of things really quickly over the next few weeks, and certainly by the time the window closes, the squad's a wee bit more how I would like it to be."
He is keen to have a competitive squad both at home and away.
McInnes added: "I think the board see that as well; they've already invested a significant amount of money and a significant amount of time into it. Still, everybody wants to be rewarded by silverware and success, and that's what we're all jointly trying to achieve."
