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John Souttar reveals huge Rangers regret after hiding truth over fitness as he vows to repay Ibrox medics

Physically, John Souttar was struggling with an ankle injury he’d picked up at Hearts.

Mentally? God only knows how the Rangers defender was coping after the tragic loss of his brother Aaron just 13 days previously. Either way, he shouldn’t have played in the club’s opening Premiership game of the season at Livingston.

Souttar admits that himself now. When he was subbed off after 67 minutes, we didn’t see him again for seven months. Eventually, he needed surgery on the ankle. And at the same time as going through a grieving process he had to get his head around another lengthy lay-off and a false start to his Ibrox career. Souttar’s resilience is unquestionable. But as he ponders how his Rangers journey began that day in West Lothian, he accepts that he wasn’t truthful enough to the club’s medical staff – or himself.

As a result, fans have yet to see the best of the Scotland centre-back. And despite now being back in the fold for Michael Beale’s side, fans are left wondering if Souttar will be permanently plagued with injuries. The player is adamant that won’t be the case.

But he’s revealed the regrets he has over declaring himself fit for that Livi game in August. Souttar said: “Looking back, I should probably have been a bit more honest. But when you sign for a club like Rangers, you just feel like you have to play.

“I probably wasn’t 100 per cent honest with the medical staff. It’s just in my character to play through those sort of things. Looking back, I should have said I couldn’t play – but that’s me. That’s what I am. The last six months have been difficult. Signing for Rangers, you have all these expectations in your head of how it’s going to go.

“It didn’t pan out the way I wanted at the start for one reason or

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