The £4.5m Rangers small print Philippe Clement doesn't regret as boss sees 'no reason' to worry

The small print means Rangers are tied in to completing their £4.5million swoop for Oscar Cortes this coming summer. And Ibrox gaffer Philippe Clement believes the winger can still have a big impact at Ibrox - despite his wretched injury record.

The Gers boss had high hopes for the highly-rated Colombian prospect when he first lured the 21-year-old to Glasgow 12 months ago. But it’s been one set-back after another for the luckless Cortes since his loan move from Lens. Initially signed on a six-month deal with an option to make it permanent, things looked promising when he slotted his first goal against Hearts in only his third Rangers start. But his burgeoning progress was halted just four days later when Cortes suffered a season-ending knee injury at Kilmarnock.

That didn’t stop Clement and recruitment boss Nils Koppen renewing the wideman’s loan agreement over the summer - this time with an OBLIGATION to buy at the costly sum of £4.5m. He rejoined the Belgian’s squad for pre-season but quickly found himself back in the treatment room after tearing a hamstring at Tynecastle on the opening day of the new campaign.

A brief return in September didn’t last long while his latest comeback has proved just as frustratingly brief, with Clement confirming the South American is now on his way to see a specialist - with no word on when he might be available. Coughing up a seven-figure sum for a player who made only 15 appearances - just seven of them starts - in a year isn’t the type of transfer the Ibrox faithful had in mind after hearing new CEO Patrick Stewart this week talk about the need to get better value for money from the transfer market.

But Clement is confident the move will work out in the end as he shrugged off any