Rangers do not plan to appoint a sporting director and will instead continue with the current football structure that oversaw the January window.
Chairman Andrew Cavenagh, who sacked sporting director Kevin Thelwell and CEO Patrick Stewart on the same day in late November last year, believes the club's current executive structure is serving them well.
Jim Gillespie started his role as CEO earlier this month, while Fraser Thornton became an executive director.
Technical director Dan Purdy will continue to work alongside football consultant Stig Inge Bjornebye and head coach Danny Rohl in overseeing transfers, with Gillespie and Cavenagh involved at later stages of deals.
The Rangers Review understands that while further changes to the football structure are expected to be finalised, Cavenagh is in favour of a broader reporting structure, instead of an overarching sporting director model.
It is also understood that the club hopes to keep Bjornebye at Ibrox when his six-month consultancy period ends in June.
In a statement, Cavenagh explained: "The executive team is committed to being smaller, nimbler, and more entrepreneurial. We want an executive team willing to get its fingernails dirty. If there is a hole to be dug, we want people fighting over shovels. We want fewer consulting firms and less bureaucracy.
"A culture of winning means returning to Rangers’ historical DNA and standards. I have tried to spend time with many supporters and former players and staff, and their input has been invaluable. Across the club, we need to continue to partner with these individuals, whether informally as thought leaders and advisors or formally as ambassadors and parts of our staff. These links to the past must be strengthened.
"Rangers’ supporters are direct, hardworking, passionate, and emotional. I want our supporters to see themselves in the club, whether on the pitch or in the club offices, and I think some of that has been missing over the last months and years.
"This starts at the top. Over the last four months, we have reconstituted our executive team. Jim has joined as CEO and Fraser has become an Executive Director. We believe our current football structure is working well, and we do not plan to hire a sporting director."
Previously, Cavenagh explained that Stewart and Thelwell did not 'represent' where Rangers wanted to travel when justifying their sackings.
The duo, as previously reported by the Rangers Review, aligned closely with former head coach Russell Martin, leading to a disastrous start to the season that saw the Rangers win only one of their first eight fixtures.
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With season tickets also going up 6.5% in price, Cavenagh said, "We are not asking supporters to do all the heavy lifting. We are raising £16m of additional capital through a new share issue, effective immediately. The capital will be used to support player acquisitions and other club needs. This increases the total capital invested in the club to £36m in the last year."
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