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Aidan Smith

Philippe Clement provides Rangers injury update ahead of Celtic clash

Philippe Clement has provided a Rangers injury update ahead of tomorrow's Premiership showdown with Celtic.

The Belgian has confirmed that defender Connor Goldson is touch and go for the contest and a late decision will be made on the Englishman.

Clement did however confirm that Goldson has trained with the medical team now set to assess how his body reacted to today's session.

He explained: "Goldson trained. We will assess tomorrow. We will see tomorrow.

"We will see tomorrow and it is the same with all the squad. There were a couple of other also. It is normal. In this period we are the team who has played most games these last couple of weeks.

"I did some things in training, not too much, and I will make my decisions tomorrow after watching back the training and after speaking with the doc and the medical staff."

Asked about the rest of the squad like Borna Barisic, John Lundstram, Clement continued: "I cannot answer really today. Some trained but it is not sure yet if they will have a reaction or not.

"That is why I don’t want to say too fast because otherwise people think that I play games. I don’t like to play games and to say that somebody is in and then this afternoon he feels a reaction from the training and we are not going to make a stupid risk and lose players for the rest of the season. It is better to make this assessment tomorrow and then it is clear."

On the prospect of his first derby fixture, the Ibrox boss added: "I am curious, to be honest, because everybody has been talking about that for a long time. A lot of people are saying it is a game like nowhere else in the world with that atmosphere. I am curious about that."

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