Giovanni van Bronckhorst has revealed Tom Lawrence will miss tomorrow's Old Firm but Alfredo Morelos RETURNS to the fold.
Celtic and Rangers go head to head for the first time this season at Parkhead live in front of the Sky Sports cameras as both look to lay down an early season marker in the Premiership title race and pick up the derby bragging rights.
Ange Postecoglou and his defending champions are sitting with five wins from five goals - including a 9-0 thumping of Dundee United at Tannadice - and can open up a five point advantage at the top with victory in Glasgow's east end. For Giovanni van Bronckhorst, victory sees his troops leapfrog the Hoops into top spot and make it five wins and one draw from six games.
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Ahead of the game, the Dutchman has confirmed the news that Lawrence is out for a number of weeks - a blow for tomorrow and the start of the Champions League campaign.
He has also provided positive news on Steven Davis and Kemar Roofe as he provided updates on all his injured stars as he confirmed Morelos WILL be part of the Rangers squad for the trip to face Celtic.
Speaking to the media, he said: "[Tom] Lawrence is not available for tomorrow, he will be out for a few weeks.
"[Steven] Davies is training with the squad at the moment which is positive. [Kemar]Roofe is close to full training with the group.
"[Filip] Helander and [John] Souttar will be out for a little longer.
"[Ianis] Hagi is following his recovery and is on schedule for his return after the World Cup."
On Morelos, he added: "Alfredo [Morelos] is in the squad for tomorrow. I had a good chat with him, he understood the message and has been training very hard - he is an important player for us. Alfredo is a player who can change games."
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