Andy Walker believes Todd Cantwell and Nicolas Raskin will both START the Scottish Cup semi-final showdown with Celtic.
Michael Beale moved to bring the duo in during the January transfer window as his first two Rangers signings. They arrived from Norwich City and Standard Liege and with minutes in the legs, the Light Blues are starting to see the best of the midfield duo. Both played the full 90 against Raith Rovers in the Scottish Cup quarter-final win that set up a last four showdown at Hampden with Ange Postecoglou and his troops.
The last meeting between the pair was also at the national stadium with Beale opting to start without either of his winter signings. His decision came as a surprise to many pundits but Walker doesn't believe he will make the same decision twice and has tipped both to be lining up from the off in the end of April meeting. The duo face off three weeks prior in the Premiership with a further game to come in the league split.
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Walker told Go Radio: "It will be fantastic and I will be interested to see how Rangers approach it. I was surprised by their starting XI [in the League Cup Final], I thought Raskin and Cantwell would play as I thought they were the players identified in the January window to make Rangers better.
"I think they will play this time, surely, and they will have had more games under their belt. I am sure Rangers will try and play a bit more football, not be sitting back as much as they did, I thought they stood off Celtic a little."
Rumours last week circulating had suggested Alfredo Morelos had penned a pre-contract with Sevilla. Beale addressed the talk post-match of the Raith Rovers game over his future. The striker himself posting a cryptic social media post shortly after his manager had spoken to the media while he has since denied a move to La Liga is agreed.
Ex-Celtic man Walker believes it will be a 'great pity' if he is to leave Rangers in the way that he is heading with his numbers over the years branded 'really impressive'. Should he go he has warned that the Ibrox men will need to go and get a striker of a similar stature that they can rely alongside Antonio Colak.
He continued: "It is a great pity he is going out like this when maybe he isn't in the best condition. You look at Morelos over the last number of years, I think his numbers will be really impressive. Rangers will miss him and they need to get someone like him, who they can rely on.
"I know they have Antonio Colak at the moment. But if Morelos goes, then they need someone of a similar stature to ensure a lot of strength up front."
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