Philippe Clement revealed a specialist is wanting into Oscar Cortes’ muscle harm, with no timeframe but for the Rangers winger’s return.
The 20-year-old Colombia worldwide hit the bottom working after becoming a member of the Light Blues on mortgage from Lens final month, with the Govan membership having an possibility to purchase in the summertime.
Cortes scored his first aim for Rangers within the 5-0 thumping of Hearts at Ibrox final weekend however needed to come off through the 2-1 win over Kilmarnock at Rugby Park on Wednesday night time which saved the Light Blues two factors away from Celtic on the prime of the cinch Premiership.
The Belgian boss confirmed striker Kemar Roofe and midfielder Ryan Jack would return to the squad for the house sport in opposition to Motherwell on Saturday, however on Cortes he mentioned: “Oscar will probably be out, I don’t know the way lengthy.
“We are wanting into that with the physician and specialist.
“It is a muscle harm, however I can’t say rather more in the intervening time.
“I don’t wish to discuss a half-empty glass.
“I’m targeted now on the gamers who can be found for this sport, as a result of in any other case I might have misplaced lots of power within the final couple of months and that’s ineffective.
“It is a pity for him and the team, yes, it is an opportunity for another player to show it and to do it, it works like that.”
Clement reiterated the significance of the squad which was trailing Celtic by seven factors when he took over from Michael Beale in October.
He mentioned: “In these 4 months collectively, each member of the squad has raised their stage.
“Not solely bodily, however in each sense, technically and tactically, so that they know what to do.
“In that way it has been really important to work with everybody and not be focused on 11, 14 or 15 players, but on everybody and we will continue like that.”
The hard-fought win over Killie prolonged Rangers’ successful run to 11 video games, however Clement revisited the match with a view to a potential Gers penalty, whereas additionally referring to the apply of gamers making an attempt to run, flip and deal with with their fingers behind their again as a result of worry of the ball placing them.
Killie wide-man Danny Armstrong scored from the spot within the eleventh minute after his cross hit the arm of Gers midfielder John Lundstram contained in the field.
Clement puzzled why Rangers didn’t additionally get a spot-kick late within the sport when Killie defender Lewis Mayo appeared to deal with the ball inside the world.
He mentioned: “I hope there could be extra readability about issues sooner or later. I do know there are selections made in a gray zone.
“I don’t assume for the handball rule it has develop into simpler for referees or the VAR. It has develop into tougher with the rule and the way in which it’s determined by UEFA and FIFA.
“My job is to elucidate to my gamers what’s hand ball or not. If they arrive on to the pitch feeling there may be an injustice then now we have a problem.
“I don’t say that was the case, nevertheless it must be actually clear what’s hand ball or not. I don’t assume it’s good for the sport if all of the gamers working round with their fingers on the again, such as you see now.
“Even then when your hand is like that (out) it is sometimes hand ball. It is not good for the game if players run around like penguins.”
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