Lassana Coulibaly: Rangers midfielder undergoes scan on thigh injury
Rangers midfielder Lassana Coulibaly has had a scan on a thigh injury which forced him to miss Thursday’s Europa League game in Maribor.
The on-loan Angers player was declared unfit as Steven Gerrard’s side earned a 0-0 draw[1] to reach a play-off with Ufa.
Gerrard is unsure if he will be fit for Sunday’s League Cup tie at Kilmarnock.
“We don’t think it’s a serious problem but he’s an important player for us so we want to check it out just to see if there is any damage in there,” he said.
Mali international Coulibaly suffered the injury towards the end of last Saturday’s 2-0 Premiership win against St Mirren.
‘Maribor showed Rangers no respect’[2]
Rangers ‘mature and measured’ in Maribor[3]
‘Blow us out of the water for Morelos’[4]
Gerrard also reiterated his desire to add another striker and centre-back to his squad before the transfer window shuts on 31 August.
Following Sunday’s last-16 tie at Kilmarnock, Rangers have home and away legs in the Europa League against Russian side Ufa on successive Thursdays, 23 and 30 August, either side of a Premiership game at Motherwell next Sunday.
The first Old Firm game of the season is at Celtic Park on Sunday, 2 September.
“It isn’t just about the workload,” Gerrard said. “It is about the positions.
We feel we are a bit light up front. We let Josh Windass go[5] to Wigan recently and he scored a big number of goals for us last season. The idea is to replace those goals.
“Also at centre-back, we have asked a lot of Nikola Katic and Connor Goldson, who have been absolutely tremendous so far. We would like some cover in that area as well.”
^ earned a 0-0 draw (www.bbc.co.uk)
^ ‘Maribor showed Rangers no respect’ (www.bbc.co.uk)
^ Rangers ‘mature and measured’ in Maribor (www.bbc.co.uk)
^ ‘Blow us out of the water for Morelos’ (www.bbc.co.uk)
^ Josh Windass go (www.bbc.co.uk)
Lassana Coulibaly: Rangers midfielder undergoes scan on thigh injury was originally published on 365 Football