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Liam Bryce

Gio van Bronckhorst reveals his Rangers plan is ready as boss finalises Morelos and Roofe contingency

Giovanni van Bronckhorst has revealed he's finalised his plan to compensate for Rangers ' Europa League striking dilemma.

The Ibrox boss takes his team to Germany for a semi-final first leg against RB Leipzig without strikers Alfredo Morelos and Kemar Roofe.

Both players have been ruled out with injury and it's left Van Bronckhorst with a puzzle to solve ahead of a monumental night in the club's history.

The manager has Fashion Sakala available while Scott Wright stepped up at the weekend to help sink Motherwell, a match from which Van Bronckhorst revealed his side have come away without any further injury issues.

And, without revealing his intentions, he insists he has "made plans" after watching Leipzig closely.

He said: "Morelos and Roofe are not available and I have made my plans after watching the opponent playing. I will choose the right gameplan and we need the players to perform well.

"Fashion Jr is travelling. We have a big plane.

"We want to attack and create chances, we have to do the right thing at the right moments. We will have moments when we need to defend but we will be looking for dangerous chances to score, it is semi-final of the Europa League, so the standard is high.

"Of course, playing a European semi-final is exciting but we have to overcome a tough team, we have watched Leipzig play a lot of games and are well prepared. There are still two games to be played against a tough opponent and we will do everything we can to be in the final."

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