GIOVANNI van Bronckhorst has been hit with one other harm to his Rangers defensive position.
The Gers boss revealed the left-back Ridvan Yilmaz is the most recent defender to go onto the remedy desk at Ibrox.
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To date Rangers are with out Connor Goldson, Filip Helander and John Souttar.
Yilmaz, signed for Ā£3.4million in the summertime from Besiktas, has suffered a knock on his knee and is a serious doubt for tomorrow’s recreation in opposition to Livingston.
The 21-year-old has taken time to settle to life in Scotland and the 90 minutes that he performed in opposition to Dundee earlier within the week is just the second time he has accomplished a match from begin to end.
His solely others begin got here in opposition to Kilmarnock and Queen of the South earlier within the season.
He has been largely on the periphery of the primary staff since his arrival from Turkey, although Van Bronckhorst has publicly praised him for adapting to his new environment and feels he’s “enhancing on a regular basis”.
However simply when issues have been possibly starting to search for for the brand new recruit, he has picked up an harm problem that may set him again.
Nonetheless, Van Bronckhorst revealed the issue ought to solely hold Yilmaz sidelined for a short while.
The Dutchman informed the media at his pre-match press convention: “Ridvan had a knock on his knee and we’ll assess him for tomorrow, our solely contemporary doubt. A brief-term one if misses out.”
The Gentle Blues supervisor additionally gave an replace on vice-captain Goldson.
The centre-back was noticed leaving Ibrox on crutches after selecting up a muscle harm within the defeat to Liverpool.
Early stories recommended that Goldson might be out for months and Van Bronckhorst confirmed that he would not be seen till after the World Cup break.
He mentioned: “I am hopeful after the World Cup break we’ll see Connor (Goldson) return.”
Glen Kamara missed the sport in opposition to Dundee however Van Bronckhorst is hoping he recovers from an ankle harm in time for his or her Champions League conflict with Napoli on Wednesday.
He mentioned: “Glen (Kamara) had an issue along with his ankle, we’re hopeful he’ll return for the match in opposition to Napoli.”
Kemar Roofe made a return to the primary staff squad this week and Van Bronckhorst is delighted to have him again in competition, having had solely Alfredo Morelos and Antonio Colak as pure strikers up to now this time period.
“We’re comfortable to have him again, we have to handle him and produce him again stronger and stronger,” mentioned the Rangers supervisor.
