The winger came off the bench in the first half of their Premiership win at the weekend and became the latest player to be dropped ahead of tonight’s Viaplay Cup quarter-final against Livingston.
Rangers are still missing Kieran Dowell, Todd Cantwell, Tom Lawrence, Nico Raskin and Danilo.
“Obviously Rabbi has injured his knee,” first-team coach Neil Banfield told a press conference. “He will stay six weeks. But we are prepared for tomorrow, he has been added to the injury list. Although Rangers claimed three points against the Steelmen, the team were booed at full-time after a lackluster performance and manager Michael Beale admitted after the match that his team had “won by a point”.
Their performance followed Thursday night’s Europa League win over Real Betis, but attention now turns to Livi in the cup. Rangers are among the favorites to win the title after Celtic were knocked out by Kilmarnock last month, but Banfield insists that does not add to the pressure.
No, there is no extra pressure, Rangers’ story is about winning trophies,” he said. “That’s what we’re all about and that’s what we’re all about. This great club, winning trophies.
“No matter who competes, that’s what we’re focused on and will win the next competition. We are in four competitions, which is fantastic, the championship last Sunday, Europe this week and the League Cup tomorrow.
“This is why we all came here and this is what we want to be a part of. We prepare exactly the same way we prepare for every game and we are focused on winning won the match on Wednesday night.
“We have prepared for this and we are facing it, again with injuries we know we have built a strong team.
“It’s time for the players to get back into the squad and hopefully get us into the semi-finals, a game at Hampden Park and a semi-final if we win on Wednesday night.”
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