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Key Rangers transfer areas for Michael Beale to still address named by Alan Hutton

Alan Hutton has named key areas of the park Rangers still need to address as part of their squad overhaul.

Michael Beale has been busy in the market to date as part of his summer recruitment drive with five new faces snapped up. Kieran Dowell, Dujon Sterling and Jack Butland kicked things off by penning pre-contracs before Sam Lammers signed from Atalanta in Serie A with Abdallah Sima joining on a season-long loan agreement from Brighton.

Cyriel Dessers is set to be announced as signing number six of the window imminently as big changes head for Govan. The likes of Alfredo Morelos, Ryan Kent, Scott Arfield and Allan McGregor all departed at the end of the season and will be followed out the door by a number of fringe men.

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The Light Blues and Cremonese have had lengthy discussions over Dessers but a deal is agreed for one of Beale's top targets. He has made it clear he hopes to add a further 'two of three' new faces ahead of his bid to dethrone Celtic while also qualifying for the Champions League with a couple of two-legged ties to negotiate.

Asked where his old club still need to add, ex-Ibrox defender and pundit Hutton told Football Insider: “I think they will look at centre-half.

“I think they need one more in there to compete with the other boys that are there.

“With the players he has lost, Steven Davis, Scott Arfield, he is going to need to bring somebody in in midfield.

“I think he has gone heavy up front and he is still looking at more. I think he is probably looking at a defender, a number nine and a midfielder.“

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