ANOTHER day, another Rangers signing. Well, two, actually. French goalkeeper Lionel Charbonnier cut his World Cup celebrations short to finalise his three-year, #1.2m deal, while former Leeds United striker Rod Wallace also signed up to be part of Dick Advocaat's revolution.

After putting pen to paper, Charbonnier admitted that it was a big decision to leave France but said he was looking forward to achieving great things at Ibrox. ''It's always difficult to leave a great club like Auxerre, but I am coming to a very big club with more ambition,'' he said.

''It will be a good challenge. At Auxerre, they sold their best players and replaced them with young players, whereas Rangers buy the best players.''

Charbonnier added that he was smitten by the club when Auxerre travelled to Ibrox in the Champ-ions' League two seasons ago, a game his new club lost 2-1. ''I was really impressed with the stadium, the atmosphere was tremendous,'' he said.

It is now almost certain that he will replace Andy Goram as Rangers No.1, with Antti Niemi as his understudy. He realises, though, that he will have a fight on his hands from the Finnish No.1 and appreciates the difficulty of being the replacement for a goalkeeper who was worshipped by the supporters.

''That always comes with being a new goalkeeper, but I am used to it,'' he said. ''I'm not taking it for granted that I will be No.1 - it is up to me to make sure I am. The fans will not forget Goram, but I hope to be a favourite with them, too.''

For former England under-21 internationalist Wallace, who joins under freedom of contract, the lure of playing alongside a plethora of big-name players made up his mind. Indeed, he knocked back the advances of Graeme Souness' Benfica, West Ham United and Middlesbrough to come to Glasgow.

''As soon as I knew Rangers were interested, that was my mind made up. It is a massive club,'' said the player, who signed for Leeds United back in 1991 from Southampton, with #1.6m changing hands for his services.

It is expected that the 28-year-old, who has also signed for three years, will be seen as a squad player at Ibrox, but he is of sufficient pedigree to see off the threats of Gabriel Amato, Gordon Durie, and any other striker Advocaat brings in.

He survived threats to his place by Eric Cantona, Tony Yeboah and Brian Deane during his seven-year spell at Elland Road and insists he is capable of working his way into Advocaat's plans.

''I had to fight for my position wherever I have been, but I have always managed to come through reasonably well,'' he said. ''I do not have a problem with competition, it helps the club and I have faith in my own ability.''

The latest captures take Advocaat's total to six - so far - and he said yesterday that both will have important parts to play in the coming season. ''We have signed two players who have a lot of experience,'' he said.

''Wallace has played in the Premiership and we will see in the coming weeks exactly where he will be played. However, we still need another striker.

''Experience is so important in this game and Charbonnier was part of the world champions' squad and played for Auxerre, so he must be a good player.''

Advocaat will have another look at his squad of players tonight at Brockville, when they take on Alex Totten's Falkirk.

qFORMER Celtic coach Wim Jansen yesterday topped the list, along with Louis van Gaal, of Barcelona, and Johan Cruyff, as speculation raged over who would take over the national hotseat with Holland after Guus Hiddink, who led them to the World Cup semi-finals, moved to Spain's Real Madrid.

Hiddink has signed a two-year deal with the European Cup winners. Former Borussia Dortmund coach Nevio Scala had appeared to be the favourite to take over at Real following the departure of Jose Antonio Camacho a week ago, but he decided that it was too close to the start of the season.

qCRAIG Levein has been offered a new one-year contract as manager of Cowdenbeath, who yesterday decided to live up to their Blue Brazil nickname.

The Fife side's new home strip will be in the colours of Brazil's blue away kit and the away strip will be the same as Brazil's famous yellow home design.

qAYR United opened their four-game visit to Sweden with a 2-1 win over second division side Vasalunds, the goals coming from debutant Glynn Hurst and Billy Findlay, and continue their build-up with a match against first division side Djurgarden today.

qABERDEEN striking target Herfried Sabipzer yesterday opted to stay in his homeland by moving to Casino Salzburg from Grazer.

qVIOREL Moldovan, who scored twice for Romania during the World Cup, including one in the victory over England, was yesterday sold to Turkish club Fenerbahce by Coventry City for a club record #4m.

Since arriving for #3.3m from Swiss side Grasshoppers, the striker had played only seven times, scoring twice, for the English Premiership side, who were worried that he would not be able to play enough games next season to retain his work permit.

qMANCHESTER United yesterday signed Swedish internationalist winger Jesper Blomqvist from Italian side Parma for about #5m, while 19-year-old striker Nicolas Anelka re-signed for champions Arsenal.

qFIFA have insisted that referees around the world must stand by the rules outlined before this year's World Cup, and that includes the abolition of the tackle from behind, which many felt had not worked as well as planned and had been detrimental to the tournament.