Philippe Clement insists Rangers injury crisis is NOTHING compared to last year as he makes bold claim

Philippe Clement insists his current Rangers injury crisis does not compare with the selection nightmare he faced last season.

The Ibrox boss had to deal with having more than an entire team of first-team stars crocked last term after replacing Michael Beale. The Big Belgian insisted the club would deal with that situation by overhauling their medical department. But the knocks continue to pile up and Clement will now lead his team to Dens Park for Thursday’s nights showdown with Dundee minus captain James Tavernier, keeper Jack Butland fellow key men John Souttar, Leon Balogun, Nana Kasanwirjo and John Souttar.

Stand-in skipper Nico Raskin is also out through suspension while Dujon Sterling - who limped off in Leith as Gers were held to a 3-3 draw by Hibs on Sunday - is also a major doubt for Dens Park. But Clement insists this year’s problems are not the same. “It's a totally different situation,” he stressed.. “So last season we had in big spells 10-12 players out.

“Now we have, how many? Four for sure. Okay, Jack also. That's an accident. It's not really an injury. It's a contact injury. Some of the others are also contact injuries. That's part of football. The difficult thing is it's all in one position, in that way. So that's for every club in the world a difficulty, you cannot predict that.

“You don't want to have seven centre-backs in your selection. That's not possible. So that's the case. Because for the rest, a lot of players are available and are back. So we've never been this season in a situation that we had 12 injuries at the same time. Never been this season. And the club worked also really hard to strengthen some departments.

“So there are really good steps made. So we cannot compare with the situation