New Rangers manager Pedro Caixinha wants Scottish Cup win and second place
Monday 13 March 2017 15:12, UK
Pedro Caixinha believes he can make an instant impact at Rangers by leading them to second place in the Premiership and a Scottish Cup win.
The Portuguese manager has signed a three-year deal at Ibrox after being appointed as Mark Warburton's successor on Saturday.
Rangers have had a disappointing first season back in Scotland's top flight and are currently eight points off second place, despite a spirited 1-1 weekend draw at Celtic.
With a Scottish Cup semi-final derby rematch to look forward to on April 23 and 10 league games still to go, however, Caixinha believes the Ibrox side can end the season strongly.
He said: "Our goals need to be focused all the time on trophies. We are in the cup semi-final so we need to think about winning that trophy.
"We need to think also about getting as close as possible to the second position and why not? We are now eight points below.
"I have a positive approach but we need to be real at the same time and we need to construct everything on a daily basis.
"We need to prepare in a solid way and in order to achieve whatever you want, you need to be ambitious.
"You need to be realistic at the same time. I think we are being totally ambitious and realistic by saying we would like second position and get the Scottish Cup."
Caixinha, speaking to the official Rangers website, also revealed he plans to appoint a 'local' coach to his backroom staff.
The Portuguese manager will have the majority of his backroom staff made up by his compatriots but he appreciates the worth of having a Scot included too.
He added: "The staff who come along with me will be present and this is going to be my third experience of working abroad.
"I always look to have one local assistant in order to provide the bridge between the culture, the history and traditions about everything, not only living in Glasgow.
"They can tell me how to opposition managers behave and how they like to play. I want to bring in someone who makes that bridge but also to help put things in practice.
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"The way I see It with the coaching staff, it is really important to have you own people because they already know the way you think and work.
"That makes it easier to implement your ideas and you don't need to teach the coaching staff as well as the players."
