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Oscar Cortes set for a specialist but Rangers receive treble injury boost in race for the title

Philippe Clement admits the Colombian's status is unclear until he has been checked over.

Impressive Rangers winger Oscar Cortes faces an injury sweat as he gets set to see a specialist over the injury which forced him off against Kilmarnock.


Philippe Clement admits the Colombian's status is unclear until he has been checked over but there is better news on a trio of returning stars. Kemar Roofe is in contention for Rangers and both Ryan Jack and Tom Lawrence are good to go with their minutes being managed in recent weeks.


And the Belgian admits managing minutes is vital in his bit to swerve injury woes with 10 Premiership games left and Celtic two points behind. He said: "We have a lot of discussions about playing minutes every game. There is a lot of looking at numbers, along with the history of the player. We explain to the players why, as all players want more minutes. I'm always interested in data, the last match we played was in special circumstances with the weather.


Oscar Cortes injury
Oscar Cortes injury
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"I see now in the data they are the team 3rd in ranking of most goals scored. It shows we have to defend as a team really well.

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"I have confidence in this squad and the young guys who come to train with us. Every training is now really competitive, it's really pleasing to see in the four months together every member of the squad has raised their level - not only physically."

Meanwhile, Cyriel Dessers acknowledged his tumultuous start to life at Ibrox but admits his red-hot goalscoring streak has changed his relationship with supporters. He said: "It wasn't always easy at the start with the fans, it is great to now hear the song and it fills me with confidence - hopefully I hear it a lot towards the end of the season!"

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