STEVEN GERRARD has revealed he is close to adding another fresh face to his Rangers squad in the coming days as he steps up preparations for the new campaign.

The champions returned to pre-season action at Auchenhowie earlier this week and will play Partick Thistle in their first friendly of the summer on Monday evening.

Gerrard has already brought Nnamdi Ofoborh and Fashion Sakala to Ibrox ahead of Rangers' title defence and their crack at reaching the Champions League group stages.

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And he and sporting director Ross Wilson are now closing in on another of their top targets to ensure Rangers are in as strong a position as possible come the big kick-off this term.

Gerrard told RangersTV: "The recruitment lads and Ross, myself and the staff, we have worked ever so hard to identify the targets that we want.

"The board know and Ross knows the players that I want to try and strengthen us and make us better and give us the best chance of being successful next season. Hopefully we can go and deliver them.

"We are really close on one piece and hopefully in the coming days, if not a week, we might have an announcement for the fans.

"I like to get everyone excited at this time of year. They have been patient.

"There won’t be wholesale signings because the squad is strong, the squad is good, we have got fantastic players and brought some good additions in just over six months ago. We are looking for quality rather than quantity at this stage."