Rangers boss Steven Gerrard has hinted that the club could enter the transfer market for a new right-back as injury fears grow around captain James Tavernier.
The Ibrox skipper limped off the pitch in the 4-3 Europa League win over Royal Antwerp with Gers gaffer Gerrard confirming the player would be sent for a scan.
Also claiming that Tavernier is likely to miss the next few matches, the Gers face a nervous waiting game to find out the situation with their skipper.
But according to Rangers boss Gerrard the club are considering an emergency move for a player who – with the transfer window shut – would need to be a free agent.
“We’ll see what the scan shows in terms of what he’s [Tavernier] going to miss – he’ll obviously miss the next few for sure,” said Gerrard [Rangers].
“But I’ve got no insecurities or issues with playing Leon there, when we recruited Leon we were away he could play centre-back or right-back.
“He did that in his German days and he’s an experienced player, he knows the game and he knows how we play.
“So he can certainly do a job there, we’ve also got Ryan Jack who’s done it previously, we want to keep Jacko where he is and we don’t want to put him back to using him as a right-back.
“At the same time, we might look outside. We just have to wait to see what news comes back in terms of James’ injury, we might have to look at an emergency situation there.
“But, at the moment, I’m happy to go with Leon.”
Tavernier limped off in the first half of the eventual 4-3 win over Belgian side Royal Antwerp with the club depleted due to the Covid-19 breach of Rangers kid Nathan Patterson.
The Ibrox club’s fans lamented the Rangers Academy kid who has certainly missed a huge opportunity here with the club’s back-up right-back coming into focus.
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