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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
Sport
Robbie Hanratty

Rangers receive injury boost as key defender returns to training

Rangers have received an injury boost going into an important period of the season.

Defender John Souttar has been spotted back in first team training as he strives to return from a calf injury. 

Souttar was substituted just 35 minutes into Rangers’ Europa League tie against Tottenham Hotspur at Ibrox on December 12, with manager Philippe Clement suggesting that the Scotland centre-back would be out for “a number of weeks”.

(Image: Craig Williamson - SNS Group) Souttar has represented Rangers 25 times this season, proving a pivotal player in the backline prior to his recent setback.

Clement played it coy when asked about Souttar's role in Rangers training and whether he could feature when they host Belgium side Union Saint-Gilloise on Thursday. 

He said: "It's a decisive game now. Last game in this group phase. So I don't want to give my Belgian friends all the tools. They need to work also a little bit like me.

"I know they will not give me all the tools also before the game. But you guys saw in the training that some guys were back and some guys were doing individual work and the rest we will see tomorrow."

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