Europa League final boost for Rangers with striker Kemar Roofe ready to play

Glasgow Rangers' chances of lifting only the second European trophy in their history were given a massive boost on Tuesday when striker Kemar Roofe was declared fit and ready to play.

The Scottish side take on Eintracht Franfurt in the Europa League final on Wednesday looking to add to the European Cup Winners' Cup they won back in 1972.

Roofe has been missing since picking up a knee injury during the Scottish Cup semi-final victory over Old Firm rivals Celtic on April 17 and it was looking touch and go whether the former Leeds and United and Anderlecht player would be fit for the big game in Seville.

Rangers had already lost 18-goal top-goalscorer Alfredo Morelos for the rest of the season due to a thigh problem and not having Roofe – who has notched 17 goals in 35 games – would have left Giovanni Van Bronckhorst's short of firepower against the German side.

Last season's Scottish champions managed without Roofe for the semi-final against BR Leipzig that saw Rangers recover from losing the first leg 1-0 in Germany by winning the return game in Scotland 3-1 in front of a raucous crowd at Ibrox.

But the 29-year-old returned to full training earlier this week and is set to feature at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium in Spain. “Kemar is available,” said Van Bronckhorst on Tuesday. “He trained for the first time with us yesterday. He had individual training before that and he will be training later.

“He will be in the squad and if I want to use him he is available. Of course it’s a boost for us,” Van Bronckhorst said. “He got injured a couple of weeks ago, he was in a good spell, very important for the team.

Rangers attacker Kemar Roofe training session in Seville ahead of the Europa League final against Eintracht