PAUL MURRAY has revealed that he is studying the internal structures of clubs all over Europe in an attempt to draw up a blueprint for the future operation of the football department at Rangers.

Murray, the interim chairman, feels there is a need to show that the Ibrox club can become a modern, progressive organisation following a spell in which much of the focus has been on his credentials along with those of Dave King and John Gilligan as supporters and the return of 'Rangers men' to the boardroom.

King did speak at length about restoring the traditions of the club in the wake of the extraordinary general meeting that saw him and his group sweep to power, but he also detailed the club's need to have a coach with a wide-ranging remit that would involve developing young players rather than an old-school manager.

"We really value Rangers' traditions, the standards of behaviour and the values that we have had over 143 years, but what we have got to do is maintain those traditions and values and build a modern football club on top of those foundations," said Murray.

"People have talked about going back to Rangers men on the board and back to the Rangers way of doing things.

"I think we have got to be a bit more forward-thinking. I am looking a lot at the structure of various clubs and trying to get a sense of what would work at Rangers.

"There are different structures in Europe and even in Britain. The structure at Barcelona might not be appropriate for Rangers. We have to look at all that.

"There is a rebuilding job here and it is going to take time to make us competitive and I think it will be a three-to-five-year project to get Rangers back competing in Europe."

Stuart McCall has been given the manager's job until the end of the season and Murray has stated that he will be a contender for the role on a permanent basis.

"We are not out looking for candidates at the moment," he said. "Stuart McCall is in the position and we are 110 per cent supportive of him. He would obviously be a candidate going forward."

King has not yet taken up a seat on the board with the club talking to the Scottish Football Association about his position as a 'fit and proper person' under their rules.

"We want to rebuild the relationship with all the football governing bodies and we have to respect their processes and procedures," said Murray. "These things have to be looked at properly and carefully."

Murray has confirmed that Mike Ashley, the Newcastle United owner, has the right to place two of his men on the plc board at Rangers, but he stated that the club's former chief executive, Charles Green, would not be making a return following comments made in a bizarre newspaper interview last weekend.

However, Murray has made it clear that Rangers do not need any more money from Ashley or the leisurewear company he founded, Sports Direct, after agreeing a £1.5m loan from the Three Bears consortium of George Letham, Douglas Park and George Taylor.

"The view of the board is that we can pursue our own funding solution without the need to go back to Sports Direct," said Murray. "We have had no discussions with Sports Direct or Mike Ashley so far, but, as we have said before, we are happy to engage with Sports Direct and I think we should.

"We need to have that conversation at some point very soon."

Murray admits there also has to be a conversation with the former manager, Ally McCoist, who remains on gardening leave on his estimated £825,000-a-year salary.

"We haven't really addressed it so far as there have too many other priorities, but we need to sit down with Ally and his representatives and try to deal with that," he said.