Rangers star behind schedule in injury recovery as yet another “long term” blow confirmed.

Ibrox manager Philippe Clement has been talking about the absence of the Centre-back, who was not involved in the mid-season friendly clashes with Hertha Berlin or FC Copenhagen. Explaining that Ben Davies was due to report back to full training in time for the La Manga trip, the defender is not yet ready to train with his Rangers teammates.

Ben Davies injury behind schedule

Working with the Rangers medical department to improve his fitness, the Centre-back hasn’t played since the Europa League victory away to Real Betis in December. “Yeah (Ben Davies is) still injured,” said Clement. “He’s working individually with the physios but he’s not there yet to train with the group.”

Asked for a timeline, Clement said: “I expected him back this week but it’s not the case, so I don’t want to make (predictions), I want to let the medical staff work with players. “Some recover really fast, others it goes a little bit slower, but everything stays around the schedule.”schedule. “The jury remains out on Ben Davies at Rangers with the Centre-back very nearly leaving the Gers on loan in the summer window.

Signed from Liverpool in the summer of 2022, big things were expected of the 28-year-old defender who has yet to deliver despite spending 18 months at the club.

Whilst we’ve seen flashes of the player Liverpool moved to sign from Preston North End, it’s been nowhere near enough with injuries only slowing the player down further.

Kieran Dowell the latest Rangers blow

Ben Davies also isn’t the only ominous injury update from the manager’s press conference either, with Kieran Dowell also touched on by the Rangers boss.

Whilst the Ibrox gaffer told Rangers TV both Dowell and Sterling were carrying injuries, Clement expanded on the situation come full time. Kieran Dowell’s absence from the La Manga training camp has been a mystery but now the Rangers manager has revealed the midfielder picked up an injury in Spain.

Devastatingly, the problem will keep Kieran Dowell, 25, out for at least two months and follows on from another long-term injury sustained at Ibrox back in August. “Kieran Dowell was not here today because he got injured in La Manga and he will be out for, yeah, for several weeks,” said Clement.

“I think it will be around two months or something that he will be out. So that’s long-term, that’s a big blow of this week.” Whilst the injury news around Ben Davies and Kieran Dowell is not positive, Rangers have been boosted by the return of several key players over the break.

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