Newcastle coach John Carver is convinced his "Rangers Five" will prosper in Scottish football amid controversy over their arrival in Glasgow.
Shane Ferguson, Remie Streete, Kevin Mbabu, Gael Bigirimana and Haris Vuckic were shipped out en masse to Ibrox on Monday as the links between the two clubs were further strengthened.
Their recruitment prompted something of a storm when manager Kenny McDowall claimed he had been instructed to play all five if they were fit, something later denied by Magpies owner Mike Ashley's right-hand man Derek Llambias, now chief executive at Rangers.
However, Carver is adamant that all parties, and in particular the players themselves, will benefit from the agreement.
He said: "They need to play. They have gone past under-21 football. The under-21s is for good young players who are 16, 17 or 18 and a chance to develop. The guys who have gone up there and past that are ready for senior football.
"It's a great situation for both parties. First of all, [Rangers] are getting some good players. Secondly, we are getting our young players some experience playing in front of 35,000 to 40,000 every other week, under pressure because we know how big that club is -- it's a worldwide club.
"Sometimes players have to deal with pressure and these guys are going to have to play under pressure. When they come back to us they know what it's all about because our crowd is double and they have to deal with that."
The exodus to Scotland was not the only outward movement from St James' Park on the final day of the January transfer window with Davide Santon also heading back to former club Inter Milan on loan for the rest of the campaign.
Carver said: "Davide got a little bit frustrated with himself because he wasn't in the team. The best option was to send him out on loan, and that's what we've done."
However, despite concerted speculation over the futures of several of the Magpies' biggest names, they managed to retain the services of all their key men, and Carver was delighted to have done so as he prepared for Sunday's Barclays Premier League visit of Stoke to Tyneside.
He said: "I did go on record and say that Moussa Sissoko wasn't going anywhere, so that was pleasing. But to have a group of players that we have here now, I am delighted.
"We are going to have problems this weekend because I will have to leave some people out the 18, which is the first time we've had to do that for a long time, so we are in a healthy position."
Newcastle will welcome Stoke to St James' having marked Carver's installation as Alan Pardew's interim replacement until the end of the season with a comprehensive 3-0 victory at Hull, the first since he took temporary charge last month.
He said: "I actually went home and had a cup of tea and chip butty, that's how I celebrated. But you build on it now by getting successive wins. That's what we are aiming for."