Tom Lawrence has suffered a fresh injury setback in a major blow to Rangers and Giovanni van Bronckhorst.
The summer recruit was stepping up his return to full fitness after injuring his knee in a clash with Ross County at the end of August. His rehabilitation was on schedule but the 28-year-old sustained a new issue this week.
Boss Van Bronckhorst has not signalled what the new knock is but has revealed it will keep him out for months rather than weeks and it looks like he won't feature again until AFTER the World Cup. The Wales international had been in top form following his arrival on a free transfer before suffering the injury. He said: "Tom Lawrence's recovery went on schedule but he sustained a new injury this week. We have to wait to see how long he'll be out but it will be longer term. Probably more months than weeks.