Gio van Bronckhorst is hopeful he'll have Alfredo Morelos again quickly - however he admits he might need to attend a bit longer on Kemar Roofe.
Van Bronckhorst is already trying to ease the burden on new man Antonio Colak, who has been a mainstay of their pre-season friendlies since arriving from PAOK. The £1.8m Croatian striker was named within the beginning lineup in opposition to Sunderland, Blackpool and West Ham, and is probably going to take action once more when Tottenham come to Ibrox on Saturday.
It is a acquainted downside for the Dutchman who needed to area Joe Aribo as an auxiliary striker in direction of the top of final season with Morelos and Roofe each out. Now, he is simply grateful to have one other striker in Colak, who has given good account of himself in his minutes to this point regardless of not hitting the again of the online but.
Nonetheless, Rangers boss Van Bronckhorst is eager to get no less than one in every of his different strikers again on the pitch quickly. He revealed Morelos is prone to be again "within the coming weeks," however admits Roofe can be later as he continues his restoration.
He mentioned after the 3-1 win over West Ham: "He is performed virtually each sport and we have the sport forward in opposition to Tottenham We made some modifications simply to make it possible for they gamers aren't overworked and to present different gamers the minutes they want.
"Colak is our solely pure striker in the intervening time. Hopefully we get Morelos again within the coming weeks, he can be again faster than Kemar.
"Final season, I had no match strikers so no less than I've one now. Hopefully the opposite two will be a part of Antonio in being obtainable for choice."
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