Philippe Clement is assured that John Lundstram will prolong his contract at Rangers.
The 30-year-old midfielder, who signed from Sheffield United in 2021, has discovered good type because the Belgian boss took over at Ibrox final October however his present deal runs out in the summertime.
Forward of the house cinch Premiership sport in opposition to Hibernian on Saturday, Clement was requested if he was hopeful and assured of Lundstram staying in Govan.
He mentioned: “Sure, I’m completely assured about that, that there’s lots of love from each side, in order that there might be an answer.”
Clement was happy to report that Abdallah Sima, Ross McCausland, Kieran Dowell and Dujon Sterling are again in coaching and in competition for Saturday following restoration from numerous accidents, though Ridvan Yilmaz is out and a doubt for subsequent week’s Previous Agency sport in opposition to Celtic at Ibrox, with Oscar Cortes, Ryan Jack and Danilo nonetheless on the sidelines.
Attacker, Sima, 22 is on mortgage from Brighton and had notched 15 targets this season earlier than selecting up a thigh damage in January whereas with the Senegal squad on the Africa Cup of Nations.
Of his returning gamers generally, and on Sima on explicit, the Gers boss mentioned: “They’re competition however in fact to not play 90 minutes – then it’s about selections, if they’ll play 15, 20 minutes you can’t in fact have 4 or 5 gamers like that on the bench.
“So we have to take that into consideration and make good selections.
“In fact Sima has been out a very long time so you can’t anticipate miracles from the beginning however he has proven his high quality, he has his energy, his tempo, he has the urge for food for targets and he got here again to coaching in a great way, in order that’s constructive.
“It’s about constructing rhythm once more, making him stronger once more after which I believe he’s going to play an vital half on this final two months.”
Left-back Yilmaz withdrew from the Turkey squad over the weekend after limping out of Friday’s pleasant defeat in Hungary with a reported thigh pressure.
Clement mentioned: “It isn’t going to be lengthy, long run.
“We’re going to see subsequent week.
“There’s a risk that he can to be match for subsequent week however it’s nonetheless a doubt so we are going to see subsequent week.”