Kemar Roofe in Rangers running out of time fear over Europa League Final 'close call'

Giovanni van Bronckhorst fears Kemar Roofe is running out of time to make it to the Europa League final in Seville.

Roofe was not included in the Dutchman’s squad for last night’s 4-1 romp over Ross County as, once again, Van Bronckhorst was forced to field a side without a recognised centre forward.

And with just one week to go before the Rangers ' date with destiny in Spain, Van Bronckhorst admits he still has no idea if the Jamaican international will be fit enough to face Eintracht Frankfurt.

Ryan Jack was also missing from last night’s win but the manager is more confident that medics will clear his midfield linchpin to make the trip as Rangers close in on a first European trophy in 50 years.

He said: “It is going to be a close call for Kemar. So we have to assess him day by day.

“I think Jack is ahead of him. Jack will be ready for next week but I still don’t know about Kemar.”

It was left to Joe Aribo to fill in as a makeshift striker against the Highlanders but the midfield man was taken off as a precaution after just 45 minutes after goals from Scott Wright and James Tavernier had put Van Bronckhorst’s 2-0 up in less than half and hour.

And the manager admitted afterwards that he’s set to send out a shadow XI for Saturday’s final league game at Hearts.

He said: “Yes, you can expect changes.

“It is about finding the right balance. Obviously you want to keep going , you want to rest players but it is also important to get the rhythm and keep on playing and I think I saw that in my team today.

“In the first half we were going at full speed, the rhythm was good, we were creating a lot of chances, there should have been more goals in the first half.

“In the second half we could rotate. It is important this