Rangers finished last season trophyless under first Philippe Clement, then interim head coach Barry Ferguson.

They finished a distance second in the Premiership, lost the League Cup final to Celtic and suffering an abject Scottish Cup exit at home against Queen’s Park. They also exited the Europa League at the quarter-final stage.

Asked whether success would mean silverware in his first season, Martin replied: “I’m not going to sit here and make promises, because I don’t think that helps anyone.

“The promise I can give is that we will be all in to make his club and this team better. I think we can improve in all areas.”

Martin’s role is as head coach rather than manager – in keeping with Rangers’ new set up, with former sporting director Kevin Thelwell now in post alongside his former Everton colleague, Dan Purdy, as technical director.

He will be joined at Ibrox by assistant Matt Gill and performance coach Rhys Owen, with no further additions to the coaching staff having been confirmed.

Martin revealed that he had “a few opportunities” after leaving Southampton but that “this was the one I really wanted”.

He added that he was attracted to “the expectation”, the size of the club and is also “desperate” to show a better version of himself after not “physically” being in the “right place” to perform as he wanted for the club as a player.