Philippe Clement has provided an update on his Rangers squad ahead of this weekend's Scottish Premiership match against Dundee United.
There's good and bad news for the Light Blues, as Oscar Cortes stepped up his recovery by getting an hour under his belt during a closed-doors bounce match against Motherwell during the international break.
However, fellow winger Ross McCausland picked up a knock while away with Northern Ireland on international duty.
New signing Nedim Bajrami could feature at Tannadice, however, no decision has been made on the Albanian yet. Ridvan Yilmaz, Rabbi Matondo and Danilo remain out.
"It was good to work during the international break, always strange with players away but great to have time to play," the 50-year-old told the media. "We had a friendly game with Motherwell also to make the most of the time we had to train.
"Ross [McCausland] picked up a knock on international duty, but it shouldn't be too bad.
"Nedim Bajrami trained with the team for the first time today. We will make a decision after training tomorrow.
"Oscar [Cortes] played 60 minutes in our closed-door game, he is progressing well along with Hamza [Igamane]. Ridvan [Yilmaz] is still out along with Danilo and [Rabbi] Matondo. Ridvan is back doing individual work outside.
"Really unlucky, he [Danilo] slipped in a bad way during a sprint. We first thought it was a cruciate ligament to be honest the feeling we had and the way he fell. Luckily it's not the case. He will be out for at least four weeks."
"All our focus is on the next game, we have a lot of games and challenges over the next couple of months."
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Meanwhile, former Rangers flop Fabio Silva has insisted he was a 'success in Scotland' after being paraded by new club Las Palmas.
Rangers took Silva on loan in a high-profile move last season but the 22-year-old - who was Wolves' record signing for £35 million four years ago - failed to live up to the hype.
He scored just four league goals in 18 appearances and was allowed to return to Molineux in the summer after the loan deal expired.
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