With St Johnstone travelling to Ibrox for a big SPL fixture on Saturday afternoon, it looked as though a controversial ex-Ger, Michael O’Halloran, would be making a return.
However, comments on from Saints manager, Tommy Wright, on the club’s website, have thrown his participation into doubt.
O’Halloran made 29 league appearances at Rangers, scoring three goals. (Photo by Lynne Cameron/Getty Images)
He rightly faced severe criticism for his actions and was soon off to Australia with Melbourne City.
That spell was both unsuccessful and short lived. Subsequently, he returned to his old club, St Johnstone, last month.
The 28-year-old joined Rangers from the Perth-based side in February 2018. (Photo by Mark Runnacles/Getty Images)
Yet, he was forced off during that game with an injury.
“Mikey felt his hamstring in the Reserves on Monday so he’s likely to miss out tomorrow, although we hope to have him back for the Aberdeen game”,
Tommy Wright told the Saints’s website.
The Northern Irishman has been in charge at McDiarmid Park since 2013. (Photo by Scott Baxter/Getty Images)
An ex-Celtic player is also a doubt.
“Tony Watt is struggling with an ankle problem and we’ll continue assessing him.”
It looks as though we’ll have to wait to see what sort of reception O’Halloran gets back at Ibrox.
Whenever it happens, we don’t imagine it’ll be a warm one.