Rangers journalist reveals "major boost" for GVB involving "best defender" at Ibrox

Rangers ace Filip Helander has been hailed as the club’s ‘best defender’ and handed Ibrox boss Giovanni van Bronckhorst ‘a huge bonus’ following his return to the fold, according to the Herald and Glasgow Times’ senior Gers reporter Chris Jack.

Helander has endured a season to forget so far, having missed the vast majority of the campaign through injury, but he is back in contention for regular minutes as the Glasgow giants look to secure back-to-back Scottish Premiership titles.

Helander returned to the bench for Rangers’ 1-0 win over Aberdeen on Saturday, having missed their last two Scottish Premiership clashes.

The central defender, who joined in a £3.5million deal from Italian side Bologna more than two-and-a-half years ago, was stretchered off during a clash with St Johnstone in September and then-Gers boss Steven Gerrard revealed Helander would be out of action for the foreseeable future after undergoing knee surgery.

During his period of rehabilitation, Helander saw Gerrard depart Ibrox in favour of taking over at Premier League side Aston Villa and van Bronckhorst move into the hot seat.

Helander marked his first appearance under the Dutchman by scoring in the Scottish Cup win over Annan Athletic last month.

However, he struggled upon his return to Scottish Premiership action as the 18-cap Sweden international was handed a match rating of just 6.2 by WhoScored, the second-lowest among his team-mates, for the draw with Dundee United.

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Following that setback against Dundee United, Helander was not named in the matchday squad for Rangers’ clashes with Motherwell and St Johnstone before returning to contention against Aberdeen at