After a month of his incredible training sessions it seems that the injury list at Ibrox has lengthened under Micky Beale.
Giovanni van Bronckhorst seemed to be banking on half a dozen stars being fit and available for the restart after the World Cup break.
The Dutchman never got the chance to assess the brilliance of John Souttar or Filip Helander but his successor seems to have unearthed another run of injuries and illnesses.
Glen Kamara has apparently been delaying a leg operation for a month, strangely the five week break wasn’t used for the Finnish international star to undergo surgery.
Speaking to The Sun, Beale explained:
I don’t want to use anything as an excuse but Tav did travel on his own. In his performance you saw parts of that, but he seems fine now. Ben (Davies) is coming back, but he has had some issues coming back.
Glen Kamara probably should have had an operation in the last couple of months. When he plays and trains it (his leg) swells up and there is a reaction so we have to be careful.
John Lundstram had to take an injection to be on the bench on Tuesday night.
Alfredo has had to play when he shouldn’t have done. He came in from training before the Aberdeen game and if it was somebody else he wouldn’t have played.
But, that’s not an excuse. These boys are paid well to be at a really big club. If they are fit they go out there and play. If we let everyone with a niggle, a sore throat or runny nose not play we would struggle to have an XI.
That is the situation at the moment and that is why I would never question the mentality of the group.
Don Robertson will referee tonight’s match with David Munro on VAR, Munro awarded a penalty against Matt O’Riley when Celtic played Ross County last month.