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to financial agreements with the unwanted but it will be easier said than done.
He said: “If you are talking about a guy on a three-year deal earning £7000 a week then it’s the best part of a million quid, less tax.
“You are then talking about £500,000 and you have to come an agreement in between that figure.
“You aren’t talking about buttons and a new director of football has been brought in. I would imagine that will be part of his remit, trying to facilitate these players out the door.”
Caixinha has added eight new faces this summer from the likes of Mexico and Portugal and Rae is adamant the risk of recruiting from outside Scottish shores is balanced by a boss who knows all about the markets he’s operating in.
He said: “It was always going be the case that Pedro would recruit players he was familiar with and he has done that.
“His knowledge and his work experience hasn’t been in the British game so it doesn’t surprise me he has brought people in from places he has worked and his homeland.
“Most people I have spoken to have asked where the British element is to his plans.
“Pedro is on record saying that this isn’t a gamble but I actually think it is a bigger gamble going the way he is.
“What he has done is recruit in areas where he needs to strengthen. When I went to speak to him about the No.3 job at Ibrox, we spoke about it being through the spine of the team. “At centre-half and in the middle, where they’ve brought in Ryan Jack and Carlos Pena. So he has done that and identified the weaknesses in the team. “It’s about what they bring to the table and how the foreigners adapt to a different style of football. It will be something they’ve never experienced before even though I’ve no doubt they are technically very good. “Scottish football isn’t for everyone’s taste, it’s about how quickly they adapt to that, how they complement the squad already there and how it’s married together. “They need to hit the ground running as you don’t get a bedding-in period at Rangers.” One player who could be the next to arrive is Scotland ace Graham Dorrans. Negotiations continue with Norwich and the Ibrox deal makers but Rae has no doubt the midfielder will be well worth the wait. He said: “Dorrans is probably the best name which has been thrown on the table. “I tried to sign him for Dundee in 2007, him and Robert Snodgrass, but they had the lure of the big move south. “They are from the East End of Glasgow so I’ve followed them throughout their careers. “Dorrans would be a great addition and one of the things I’ve spoken to Alex McLeish about is that Rangers needs guys who know the club. Dorrans is steeped in that and I believe he’s willing to take a wage cut which shows he’s desperate to get up the road.”