Rangers manager Ally McCoist insists there are no problems between himself and chairman Craig Whyte after stressing he has no plans to quit the Scottish champions.
Rumours that he could walk away from the job were rife after he emerged from Ibrox looking grim-faced following a meeting with Whyte on transfer deadline day and then failed to secure a replacement for top goalscorer Nikica Jelavic.
And while McCoist admits he has had disagreements with the owner, he is adamant they both ultimately have the club's best interests at heart.
He said: "He wants success for this football club just as much as I do but we've both got different ways and beliefs in how we get there.
"He has to run the business. He runs the club and the club has to be successful.
"My job is to make the club successful by putting a winning team on the park so we both have the same aims and beliefs and desires, we've just got different jobs to do and different ideas how we get there.
"I've got a fantastic, healthy relationship with Craig and have done since he came to the club.
"Like all healthy, working relationships, we don't agree on everything.
"I believe if we did, it would be unhealthy but we never fall out and we don't have a problem."
Asked if he thought about quitting, McCoist replied: "Absolutely never. I'm as committed to doing this job as I've ever been."
Rangers failed with a deadline day bid for Norwich striker Grant Holt and McCoist concedes the club simply could not afford his top targets.
However, he says he was in a position to make additions before the transfer window closed and chose not to.
He said: "I could have, yes. But I didn't feel they would really benefit the squad or the team.
"As manager of the club, I have to put a team out on the park that wins football games.
"There are lots of players out there that we could have made bids for. We didn't, simply because I didn't think they would benefit the team.
"The ones that I wanted, including Grant Holt who we put a bid in for, were just a little bit too expensive for us, which I can totally appreciate because Craig has to run a business.
"The most important thing is the running and welfare of the football club.
"That is more important than the results, believe me.
"I know he's doing the best thing for the football club and I can only say that's the correct thing to do."
McCoist also backed Whyte's decision to sanction Jelavic's reported £5.5million switch to Everton.
He said: "I can understand Craig's position on that one because I know the financial situation at the club isn't good.
"It's been well-documented that if a suitable offer came in for Nikica - or any player - it would be accepted. This wasn't news to me.
"As disappointed as I was to see Nikica go, Craig only made that decision for the benefit of the club financially.
"I can totally understand that."
Whyte told supporters in an open letter he sanctioned the sale of Jelavic partly because the player wanted to leave, however Jelavic then claimed he did not force his exit and would have been willing to remain at Rangers.
McCoist said: "If he's saying that to you, I don't think he's going to lie to you.
"There has maybe been a little too much made of it because there is certainly no ill feeling between any of us and Nikica.
"I had a wonderful relationship with him and I'll continue to have a wonderful relationship with Nikica.
"It has been very well-documented that he had big ambitions to play in the Premiership. He has gone down there now with Everton and we wish him all the very best."
Looking ahead to the remainder of the season, starting with Sunday's William Hill Scottish Cup tie against Dundee United, McCoist said: "I feel I have to be very positive and I will be.
"The most important thing is that our players still believe we can retain the title and win the Scottish Cup.
"We really need the continued support from our fans.
"It's absolutely vital for us to have any success on the park this year, which we still believe we can do if we get the support from the fans and everybody gets together.
"What we need now is unity. We don't need doom and gloom.
"We have to be positive and we have to believe and head forward in the one direction."
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