RANGERS have dismissed suggestions that Nnamdi Ofoborh is no longer contracted to the club after he broke his silence on his fitness nightmare.
The former Bournemouth midfielder has yet to kick a ball for the Light Blues and has spent two years out of action due to a serious heart issue.
But speculation online that he has been released by Rangers is wide of the mark as the club continue to seek specialist advice in the United Kingdom and Europe to help Ofoborh return to action and kick-start his career.
Ofoborh's last outing came in March 2021 as he stepped off the bench to play the final 12 minutes of Wycombe's win at home to Preston North End in the Championship.
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His career was put on hold just week later as Steven Gerrard revealed a 'red flag' in a heart test during his first pre-season at Ibrox.
Ofoborh didn't make an appearance under Gerrard's guidance and he has yet to feature during Michael Beale's reign after missing all of Giovanni van Bronckhorst's tenure in the dugout.
The 23-year-old addressed his long-standing issues for the first time in several months with a series of posts on his Instagram account on Sunday evening.
Ofoborh posted pictures of him in a hospital bed and hooked up to a monitor and wrote: "Two years, two operations, hundreds of appointments." before a second message read: "Silent on the situation so I look like the bad guy, all the mistreatment of the last two years will come out."
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Ofoborh still has two years left on his Rangers contract but he faces an uncertain future at Ibrox as boss Beale prepares to overhaul his squad during the summer transfer window.
Beale was last asked about the Nigerian youth internationalist in January and said: “Nnamdi’s situation is still with the specialist. As you can imagine with that sort of situation, the staff here aren’t experts.
"It’s something you need to get a real opinion on. He has been able to do some physical activity but the case and duty we’ve got in this one is really, really big. I’m up to speed with it all but there’s a bit of privacy in this case.”
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