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Senior Rangers player absent from training photos ahead of Hearts clash

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Rangers are gearing up to face Hearts on Wednesday evening in the SPL.
They will definitely be without Alfredo Morelos and Andy Halliday, who are serving suspensions.
It also looks like Ryan Kent will miss out after the Liverpool loanee was charged by the SFA. Even if, Rangers fans felt he deserved a reward rather than a punishment.

Kent celebrates scoring his first Old Firm goal. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images

Those are three big losses. It’s not all bad news, as, during Tuesday’s press conference, Steven Gerrard said there were no fresh injury concerns.

Yet, one senior Ger was conspicuously absent from a training gallery uploaded to the club’s website later in the day.
Wes Foderingham.
The 28-year-old is a relatively long-serving player, having joined the club in 2015.

Foderingham has made 0ver 100 league appearances for the club. (Photo by Lynne Cameron/Getty Images)

However, after three seasons at number one, he’s been ousted this campaign by Allan McGregor.
Nonetheless, Foderingham has been a near ever-present on the bench and has performed ably when called upon.
Today, though, he was nowhere to be seen.
Three keepers, McGregor, Andy Firth, and young Nicky Hogarth can be spotted being put through their paces.

Allan McGregor is the undisputed no.1.  (photo by Alan Rennie/Action Plus via Getty Images)

The stoppers are pictured together and individually, but there’s no sign of Foderingham.
His absence seems strange given Gerrard’s presser comments. He usually highlights any concerns around players, be that injury or illness.
Fods certainly looked ok when he joined in the fracas at Parkhead on Sunday.
This apparent training absence on the eve of the Hearts fixture, though, leaves his involvement in the matchday squad in doubt.