Rangers boss confirms Nigerian Worldwide nonetheless a doubt for League Cup conflict in opposition to St. Johnstone

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Rangers head coach, Philippe Clement has confirmed Nigerian defender, Leon Aderemi Balogun, is a doubt for his or her ViaPlay Cup conflict in opposition to St. Johnstone later this night, Soccernet.ng studies.

The 36-year-old centre-back felt some discomfort in Rangers’ 2-1 win over Motherwell after approaching for Robin Propper within the 73rd minute however managed to play until the ultimate whistle.

Consequently, he missed the Gers UEFA Champions League qualifier in opposition to Dynamo Kyiv at Hampden Park, Ibrox, with one other defender, Rıdvan Yılmaz, choosing up an harm in that sport because the hopes of a spot within the largest European membership competitors have been dashed for the Scottish Document Champions.

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Talking at his pre-match press convention yesterday, Rangers supervisor, Philippe Clement, offered a health replace on his staff forward of their League Cup sport in opposition to St. Johnstone.

“Ridvan might be out. I don’t prefer to say an excessive amount of intimately however it will likely be round 4 and 6 weeks, one thing like that. Scott Wright additionally has a smaller downside, and possibly won’t be obtainable and Leon Balogun continues to be a doubt, and the remaining might be match,” the Belgian mentioned as revealed on the membership’s official web site.

Balogun struggled to get minutes final season however skilled a form of resurgence in direction of the top of the marketing campaign that noticed him rewarded with a contract. The previous Mainz 05 defender is likely one of the senior gamers within the Rangers staff and can oversee the staff when it comes to expertise.

Adefolahan Guerreiro

Adefolahan Guerreiro

Adefolahan is a multilingual journalist and author at Soccernet Nigeria.

With a monitor file of involvement in Faculty sports activities, Adefolahan is targeted on crafting partaking soccer content material and utilising his language expertise and intensive sports activities information to reinforce content material accessibility for a worldwide viewers.

He has interviewed Nigerian stars like Finidi George, Junior Lokosa, and Abraham Onahi Ogbu.

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