Rangers: Derek McInnes says he 'belongs' at Ibrox as he vows to win Scottish Premiership as quickly as possible

Derek McInnes says he "belongs" at Rangers after being unveiled as the club's new manager and laid out his intention to win the Scottish Premiership as quickly as possible.

The 54-year-old admitted to be being surprised the opportunity to take over at Rangers presented itself this summer after being appointed to replace Danny Röhl, who departed to join RB Salzburg last week.

McInnes was within minutes of guiding Hearts to the Premiership title last season but makes the move back to Ibrox where he served as a player from 1995-2000 and he has insisted the time feels right for him to take the reins at the club he supported as a boy.

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"It's a very special moment for myself, my family, there's a lot of people I can think of on a day like this, but having known the club for a long time, supported the club, I'm well aware of the responsibility that being manager brings," McInnes said.

"So, I am excited to get going, I feel as though it's the right time for me and I feel I'm ready for it. I feel as if I belong here and I'm ready to get going with it and looking forward to just getting started.

"We want to try and deliver a team that meets the demand here. I feel as though the Rangers fans - we've won one title in 15 years - they've suffered for a long time and it's up to us to try now and play a key role in driving the standards and get a winning Rangers team on the pitch more often than not.

"I've got an idea of what my Rangers team needs to look like and hopefully it's something similar to what the Rangers fans want as well.

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"Becoming Rangers manager is something that I always wanted to do. The call was a surprise when it came about because obviously the manager was in place here. I was on my holiday and things kind of kicked off and it was a busy five or six days in between.

"Becoming Rangers manager is something I've always wanted and I feel so comfortable with the decision that was made, and being here feels right."

McInnes: This club should be winning

McInnes is Rangers' 22nd permanent manager and their seventh appointment in eight years following a barren period of title and trophy success.

A treble winner with the club as a player, McInnes knows the expectations placed on staff on and off the pitch and insists that he is back at the club to win.

"A lot of managers have sat in this position on their first day and said they're going to do this and going to do that and it's easy to say things but it's a lot harder to get it done. There's work to be done here but we're going to do it well. The intention is to make sure that the work's already getting done for next season in terms of recruiting players

"It does take more than just being a good player to play for Rangers and deal with what's expected. There has to be a lot more under the bonnet and to deal with that expectation and I feel that part of my job and the staff's job is to try and make the most of the current squad but also add players that can help us be successful.

"I'm not kidded, I know if we don't win trophies it'll be somebody else sitting here before too long but I come here with the confidence that, with the resource we've got, with the infrastructure in place and the support I've got from the people above us, that this should be a winning Rangers team and this is a club that should be winning.

"Rangers give me the best chance to win and that's important. I know what I can bring Rangers but, equally, I know what Rangers can give me."

McInnes: Intention is to win the title as quickly as possible

Hearts impressed under McInnes last term for their ability to play on the front foot and for their resilience in getting over the line in scrappy games.

By contrast, in recent years, some Rangers fans believe their side has become too passive and easy to play against domestically while enjoying some European triumphs. McInnes aims to rectify that and, while he wants Rangers to win across the board, domestic success will be a priority.

"The job here is to win, I'm not going to talk about philosophies," he said. "I know how I want my team to play, I think I have demonstrated that at my teams over a period now. The intention is just to win - we need to win here.

"I want us to try and impose ourselves on the opposition. I don't want teams to come here and feel comfortable and play their way into the game and all of a sudden maybe that fear factor isn't there playing against Rangers.

"We've got to make teams really struggle when they play against us, we've got to make them suffer and we've got to try and play in a manner which allows us to do that.

"We've got good players currently and we're going to bring in good players. You have to have quality to be a Rangers player but it takes a lot more than that, there has to be an identity and an intensity that is required to win games domestically.

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"We want to do well right across the board in Europe but we need to start being more relevant again winning trophies domestically and that for me is key.

"The intention is to win the title as quickly as possible."

McInnes on summer recruitment

Rangers have already signed Lawrence Shankland, who had been captain at Hearts under McInnes, and the new manager insists that whoever joins the Scotland striker has to want the responsibility of meeting the expectations placed on those at Ibrox.

"I want the players to feel that, when you sign for Rangers, it's incumbent on them that part of the reason when they sign here is to be successful, they've got to feel that responsibility," he said.

"A lot of players will sign for a club for lots of reasons - location, financial reasons, all the rest of it - but there's got to be a part that when we all sign up here that it is to win trophies and be successful because if you're not, you're not here long and it's not a good place to be when you're not winning. I want to enjoy being a Rangers manager and I can only do that by winning and the players can only really enjoy being here by winning games.

"The heat and all the noise comes on really quickly if you're not winning and we've had a period now where we haven't won enough so it's our job to try and change that. It's not words that are going to do it, it's actions, it's day to day, it's standards, it's driving the pace of it all, but working with good players is going to be the key part of it and players who really will enjoy being here and being successful."

He added: "We're not going to probably get everything we want [in the transfer window] and not many clubs do but it's important that the money we do have at our disposal, the budget we've got to work with, we use it well.

"I'd like to think that we've got players in the building who are capable of a wee bit more as well and it's up to me and the staff to get that out of them. There might be changes, players leaving, players coming in, but every player coming in will give us something. We're working hard currently to try and make sure we bring a level of player then that can deal with the expectation but also give us that extra bit of quality that clearly we need.

"Last season I think Rangers showed at times during games how good they were. Individually very good but I think it's up to us to try and make us more of a team and try and make sure that in tight games we win. There were too many draws maybe last season and it's trying to find those answers in the game but with that you need to have confident players. I want a confident Rangers team, a confident Rangers player."

McInnes: Circumstances were not right in 2017

McInnes turned down the chance to take over at Rangers when he was at Aberdeen and he insisted the timing was not right back in 2017 but is grateful to have been offered the opportunity again.

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"I feel as though I was ready for it back then but it was just a different set of circumstances and there was a lot going on at that time," he said.

"I was leaving a really secure club in Aberdeen and had an enjoyable period at Aberdeen. At that time, I wanted to be the Rangers manager as well but it was a different ownership, different set of circumstances, a different feeling, to be honest, as soon as we got into talks and negotiations.

"I think today is about becoming the Rangers manager rather than looking back. I'm just delighted I've been given the opportunity to be asked again and with that I'm just eager to get going."

Gillespie: We let Röhl go so we could hire McInnes

Rangers' last two appointments in Russell Martin and Röhl were done so as head coaches but McInnes will be the Rangers manager, a position usually held by whoever is in the dugout at the club.

Chief executive Jim Gillespie says it was important to hire McInnes as a manager and insists Rangers decided to let Röhl leave the club because they wanted to appoint McInnes.

"Ultimately, we gave a nod to the history of this football club and it was important to Derek and important to us that we did that and that's why he's the Rangers manager," Gillespie said. "We gave Danny our backing in May then things evolved over time. The decision for Danny to move on was our decision, Rangers Football Club's decision.

"Danny was contracted to Rangers and had no buyout so, ultimately, we could have told Salzburg he wasn't for sale but we decided that we wanted to bring Derek in and that was a motivation to let Danny go and bring Derek in because he was a man that we had already highlighted who could bring success to Rangers."