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Rangers manager Walter Smith has paid tribute to chairman Sir David Murray for funding a summer spending spree which has allowed him to bolster his squad with 10 new players.

And the Ibrox boss is hoping there will be one or two more faces joining the list of new recruits before the transfer window slams shut at the end of the month.

Former Lens striker Daniel Cousin is the latest new arrival to check in at Rangers, bringing Smith's summer spending to more than £8million, with Murray recently promising up to £10million could be released in a bid to mount a serious challenge for Celtic's SPL crown.

"I'm grateful for the club's efforts where money is concerned," said Smith.

"I started out with what I thought was a decent budget and I'm delighted to have received further backing.

"You never know if the spending is over or not and it could be that some players may go from the club as well."

Cousin - who completed a £1million move from Lens on Thursday - faces strong competition from Kris Boyd, Jean-Claude Darcheville, Nacho Novo and Filip Sebo.

Explaining the need for another striker, Smith said: "It's asking a lot of any front player to last a whole season.

"We were a bit light there, numerically rather than physically, last season and that's why new signings were necessary in that department.

"Darcheville isn't at full fitness due to an Achilles injury but he wants to continue playing and help us make our push in the championship.

"That's good to see in one sense because last season there was no challenge for places and the one thing any manager wants to see is healthy competition within the squad."

Smith's predecessor Paul Le Guen saw his short spell as Rangers manager end in disaster because of his failure to adapt to the Scottish game but Cousin is confident he will not suffer a similar fate.

He said: "Obviously I heard about Le Guen's difficulties at Rangers but he was a coach and I am a player.

"I want the fans and everybody else to judge me on the matches I play.

"I would describe myself as a striker who loves to score goals and I hope to get as many as possible for Rangers.

"Being unable to speak English is a problem for me at the moment but I am going to do everything as quickly as possible to pick up the language."