Bilel Mohsni believes the existing Rangers squad has the quality to gain promotion from the Scottish Championship.

The central defender, 27, is confident of success in an ultra- competitive division, which includes both Edinburgh teams, Hearts and Hibernian alongside Falkirk, Livingston and Raith Rovers.

He said: “It is up to the manager if he decides to sign new players. It is not my job to tell him who to bring in. However in my opinion we already have the quality in the team to win the league. It will not be easy but many of the players have already played at a higher level and we will adapt to the division we are in.”

Last season he played a vital role in helping his club win the Championship and finding the back of the net on 12 occasions. However there were also two defeats at the latter stages of two cup competitions to contend with.

He added: “I am very happy with what we achieved [last season]. Yes the cup defeats were very disappointing but winning the league was always the priority. We did not lose a single league game and that was particularly pleasing.”

Mohsni signed a two year contract with Rangers in 2013 from Southend United and arrived in Scotland with a reputation of being temperamental and ill disciplined. At that time the club was in the third tier of Scottish football after finding itself in administration. Back to back title victories means the team is potentially one season away from the Scottish Premier League (SPL). The club’s financial predicament is never far from the front pages and Rangers face the prospect of administration for the second time in four years. Whilst reluctant to talk about the club’s finances, the player was happy to expand on his experiences to date and his aspiration of getting Rangers back in Scotland’s top division.

He said: “In France I was playing in front of 200, 300 people. Many of them were friends and family of the players. At Rangers there are 40,000 coming to see us in the third and second division of Scottish football. The stadium and training facility are of Champions League standard.”

Another reason he is keen play in the SPL as it would allow him to be part of a fixture, which is arguably one of the fiercest in world football – a Glasgow derby involving Celtic and Rangers.

Former Tottenham and Rangers defender Graham Roberts found himself, alongside a number of other players, charged with breach of peace, after an Old Firm game in 1987. In 2011 Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond ordered a crisis summit involving representatives of both teams and police after another game between both teams ended in chaos on and off the pitch.

Looking back on his own experiences Roberts said: “I have played in a number of North London derbies and they are passionate affairs but the Old Firm game is something different. If you lose to Arsenal on the Saturday by Monday life gets back to normal. Maybe because when you live in London, you have so many other things to get involved in.

“Up in Scotland their lives revolve around a Celtic Rangers match. I remember going to a supporters club months after losing to Celtic, yet that was the number one topic. It is hard to put in words what it means to the people and as a player the privilege of being involved in such a game.”

The last meeting of Glasgow’s big two was in April 2012 and if their paths don’t cross in any cup competitions, their earliest encounter will be in 2015.

On a potential clash with their city rivals, Mohsni, says: “I want to feel the pressure of a match against Celtic. I have heard so much about such a fixture and I want to be part of it.”

Born in Paris and of Tunisian origin the defender has settled well in Glasgow and earlier this year was one of the prominent personalities involved in Islam Awareness Week in Scotland. He has represented Tunisia at international level in two recent friendly matches against Belgium and South Korea before the World Cup.

Nevertheless he has not ruled out a return to England and playing in the Premiership. There are those who will ridicule the prospect of a player, currently plying his trade in the second tier of Scottish football, to one day playing in one of Europe’s leading leagues.

Though he is adamant he can compete at such a level.

He says: “When I was at Southend (league 2 in England) West Ham wanted to sign me. The deal never happened and now I am at Rangers and my ambition is to get them back in the SPL. I don’t want to say what may or may not happen in the future. I am concentrating fully on Rangers.”