New Rangers boss Philippe Clement has been handed a double injury boost ahead of his first match as manager this weekend.
The 49-year-old became the 19th permanent manager of the Govan club following the departure of Michael Beale at the start of the month.
The former Genk and Club Brugge boss will manage his first match as Ibrox boss this weekend as Rangers welcome Hibernian to Glasgow on Saturday.
And ahead of the clash, Clement has been able to welcome Todd Cantwell and Danilo back into his squad after the pair missed a number of games through injury.
Danilo was spotted in training today wearing a blue face mask as he continues to recover from a cheekbone injury sustained against St Johnstone last month.
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Cantwell was ruled out after picking up a knee injury against Celtic in the first derby showdown of the season.
Speaking ahead of his first game in charge, Clement said:
“I want to win everything. That’s the mentality when I step into a building, I want to give this mentality also towards the dressing room and create more and more winners in this dressing room.
“So we’re going to work really hard to get silverware as fast as possible and to make this story step by step, bigger and bigger.
“How fast it comes? You never know I don’t have this crystal ball.
“Also I’m not a magician that suddenly can totally change players. But I know if we can work a long time with players that we can make them better.”
Clement will give players a chance to impress before he considers changes in the January transfer window.
He added: “I’m also somebody who likes to see first, what is the potential that is there already.
“I’m not somebody who wants 10 new players every year and say, ‘OK, this one and this one is not good enough’.
“I’m somebody who likes to invest in people, who wants to find the key to get the best out of them.
“So we need to use the next weeks, months to do that in the best way.
“So all the players with me – maybe not with some fans, and that’s a little bit pity maybe – everybody starts with a white page.
“Everybody has the chances also until January to prove themselves, to show that they are really good players that they want to be on the pitch, that they want to make the difference for the club, that they want to give everything. And then we will see.”
