Michael Beale offers revealing Rangers status he gave Lawrence and Roofe as makes admission over duo

25.08.2023 - 12:25 dailyrecord.co.uk

Michael Beale admitted having Tom Lawrence available for his first competitive Rangers appearance in almost a year is a major boost along with Kemar Roofe who returns to the squad for the trip to Ross County - and admitted he sees both of them as starts in his side.

Lawrence was injured against the Staggies in a home game last season in what seemed like an innocuous knock but turned into 12 months of injury hell.

Roofe was also ruled out for last season’s run-in and has had set-backs this season, restricting him to two late substitute appearances.

But both will travel to the Highlands and while Lawrence isn’t yet read for a full 90 minutes it’s a big boost having him available after he scored for the B team in midweek.

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