RANGERS have been rocked with a huge injury concern with one key man ruled out for around SIX weeks.
The Rangers boss revealed the extent of his star‘s setback ahead of tomorrow night’s Europa League clash with Olympiacos.
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The player who has suffered the major blow is midfielder Tom Lawrence.
The Light Blues have travelled to Athens to take on the Conference League champions but Lawrence hasn’t travelled with the squad.
Lawrence, 30, suffered a knock against Motherwell at Hampden in Sunday’s League Cup semi-final and had to be replaced by Mohamed Diomande in the first half.
Now the Belgian manager has given an update on the playmaker’s injury, admitting it’s worse than first feared.
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He said: Tom was injured in the Cup semi-final like you saw.
“So he will be out for several weeks, four to six weeks. He will not be there the next couple of weeks.”
Clement admits Lawrence will be a huge miss but has urged other players to step up and fill the void in midfield.
He continued: “This season he has scored several really important goals but not only that, also in the play, also defensive-wise.
“But it gives chances to other players to prove themselves. It’s like that in football. We play with the team we have and we will keep the players in the same position.”
Rangers face the Greek giants in their cauldron, the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium, tomorrow night.
But Clement is confident his players can handle the occasion and fiery atmosphere in Athens – because they know what it takes from playing at Ibrox.
He said: “We have a few guys who are less experienced but we have also enough experienced players in the squad.
“They are used to playing at Ibrox, that helps also
” If you have a team who plays in a smaller stadium and you come here it’s different. In Malmo it was also a really good atmosphere.
“That’s what you want. European nights, there’s always some magic. It’s always something special. Different playing styles, different players that you don’t know really well.
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“In that way, for a player it’s always nice to play in stadiums like this, big stadiums with a lot of crowd.
“I think everybody will embrace that and be happy with that.
“Of course, coming here a lot of respect for what they are doing, what they did last season and also of course winning that trophy. It’s a big club.
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“They won two times really deservedly against Malmo and Braga. So we know it’s a really big test tomorrow.
“It’s a big game but we’re looking forward to that and to impose ourselves and to go for a good result.”
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