An harm professional has supplied the most recent replace on certainly one of Rangers’ January signings, admitting he may face a prolonged spell on the sidelines.
Rangers going through fixture pile-up after Dundee match deserted
The Gers are actually one level behind Celtic within the Scottish Premiership title race, however solely as a result of their conflict with Dundee over the weekend was postponed. Philippe Clement and the membership are regarded as livid over the choice for the match to be deserted, as it’s going to now create an much more hectic fixture pile-up to finish the season, with TV scheduling anticipated to create issues.
Accidents are one thing that would simply find yourself defining who comes out on high within the title battle and Rangers are having to juggle a bunch of issues in the mean time, with one other match now needing to be squeezed in on high of all of it.
January mortgage signing Oscar Cortes is one such particular person who’s sidelined presently, performing as an actual blow for Clement after bringing him in so as to add squad depth, and he joins the likes of Danilo, Kieran Dowell and Todd Cantwell in being out, highlighting the problem the Gers are having to sort out notably of their attacking ranks.
Granted, the supervisor has an excellent squad filled with robust choices, however the race with Celtic is so tight that the eventual champions may very well be determined by the best margins. Now, a worrying replace has emerged relating to one stricken Rangers ace.
Rangers hit with regarding harm replace
Talking to Ibrox Information, Dr Rajpal Brar admitted that Rangers winger Oscar Cortes may now be out for “months” by harm, somewhat than weeks, although the specifics of his current surgical procedure stay a complete thriller.
“Troublesome to provide a finest or worst case state of affairs as a result of there are not any specifics on the area of harm. Contemplating he’s had surgical procedure, I think about that appears extra like months out than weeks.
“It feels like a re-injury so there’s at all times the opportunity of re-injury when returning, simply a part of the danger. I don’t see him returning to full coaching till early Might on the earliest.”
This can be a huge blow for Rangers, contemplating Cortes arrived as an thrilling January addition who was hopefully going so as to add much more attacking menace to the facet.
A objective and help apiece in his first three Scottish Premiership begins represented a promising opening to life at Ibrox, however he has now been struck down for an prolonged time period. Not having the 20-year-old accessible till Might successfully guidelines him out for the season, which might be such a bitter capsule to swallow.
“His expertise is a present from God. We used to name him the magician due to what he can do. He is aware of he has to maintain his toes on the bottom, however he’s studying and continues to make nice progress. He’s nonetheless very younger and that is solely the start for him.”
– Emmanuel Cortes, Oscar’s brother
The hope is that Cortes can nonetheless play an element in Rangers’ season, however realistically, even when he’s again in Might, he’s unlikely to be match match sufficient to play a giant position.
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