Former Rangers striker Kenny Miller has raised questions about the club’s recruitment department following the Light Blues’ difficult start to the season.

Ridvan Yilmaz, Rabbi Matondo and Ben Davies cost a combined £12m in the summer but they have barely featured during the opening weeks of the campaign, and Miller can’t understand why the trio were signed if they weren’t good enough for the first team:

“The recruitment side is getting a lot of scrutiny at the moment and there are reported figures of £12million that are not even anywhere near the team at the moment. Yilmaz, Davies and even Matondo, you throw those three players in – £4m, £6m and £2m if that’s accurate – they’re nowhere near the team at the moment.”

“When you’re recruiting in a summer, Rangers or Celtic, when you’re spending that type of money, they have to be hits. They have to make an impact on that first team. At the moment, there’s question marks over Davies – is he going to be the long-term partner for (Connor) Goldson and has he got the quality?”

“Matondo we’ve seen in flashes but at the moment, he’s not going to be a starter. Yilmaz, we’ve barely seen any of him. There’s not been much evidence of if it’s going to be money well spent. It might be a project but it’s a lot of money spent on a project.”

To be fair to Davies and Matondo, the pair have had their fair share of injury problems since arriving from Liverpool and Schalke respectively, while Yilmaz has found it difficult to get ahead of an in-form Borna Barisic for a place at left-back.

Director of Football Ross Wilson’s decision-making will, though, come under further scrutiny if these players do not begin to bed themselves in once they are match fit.

Not every signing will be a success but Wilson’s track record in the transfer market does leave a lot to be desired and his position could come under threat (along with Giovanni van Bronckhorst) if the Gers continue to struggle.