Michael Beale might have welcomed Todd Cantwell as his first signing this week and others may yet follow before the transfer window shuts on Tuesday night.
But the Rangers boss is just as interested in seeing his injured players restored to the ranks of those ready to pull on the blue jersey again and little would please him more than to have Filip Helander available to him. Helander provided Beale with one of the highlights of his first stint at Ibrox and the Rangers manager isn’t giving up on the injury-hit Swede providing him with many more second time around.
The Swede’s goal in the 1-0 win over Celtic in August 2021 gave Rangers a much-needed victory at the end of a week that had seen manager Steven Gerrard, captain James Tavernier and goalkeeper Allan McGregor all floored by Covid. Gerrard’s absence from the dugout, as he recovered at home, placed then-first team coach Beale, and assistant manager Gary McAllister, front and centre at Ibrox that day, and Helander was the man who made the difference rising above countryman Carl Starfelt at the back post to bullet Borna Barisic’s corner past Joe Hart.
