GIOVANNI van Bronckhorst has explained Ryan Kent and Steven Davis have missed the Dundee match as he "manages the load" for the duo.
The pair were shock absentees as neither made the matchday squad for the Scottish Premiership clash at Ibrox.
Their exclusion sparked fears over injury concerns, but Van Bronckhorst appeared to reveal before kick-off he's just resting the key players.
Fashion Sakala and Scott Arfield came into the line-up in place of Kent and Davis.
Quizzed on Kent and Davis being left out, Van Bronckhorst said: "I’m just using the whole squad.
"We are managing the loads as well for Ryan and Steven and I have confidence in my squad so today the two others will come in.
"We still have a lot of players on the bench who can change games so I’m really happy we have so many quality players."
One positive in the squad list was the inclusion of Ryan Jack who took a spot on the bench for the clash.
And Leon Balogun is also gearing up to return to Rangers action with Van Bronckhorst revealing he'll be back in training tomorrow.
During the week he said: "Ryan (Jack) will be in the squad tomorrow, of course, he hasn't played a lot of games the last few months.
"We know he can add good things to the playing squad but we also know he has to build up his minutes to return to full fitness.
"Leon Balogun will train with the squad on Sunday, we look forward to having him back soon."
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereLast Updated:
Report this comment Cancel