Rangers have been handed a major blow with Danilo facing FOUR MONTHS out according to a report.
The Light Blues hitman suffered an injury in the midweek win against Hearts at Tynecastle last week with boss Philippe Clement hopeful it would not be a long-term issue. However, the Scottish Sun report that scans on the Brazilian’s knee have confirmed that he will need to go under the knife to rectify the issue.
The same media outlet states specialists have warned the £6million summer signing will need to undergo a lengthy recovery period before pulling his boots back on with no fixed timescale put on a comeback from his latest blow after only recently returning to action with a mask following a fractured cheekbone against St Johnstone. Cyriel Dessers was in from the start against Dundee at the weekend and found the back of the net in the 3-1 win but the latest major blow is likely to force Clement to ramp up his search for additional options up top when the January transfer window opens for business in a couple of weeks. He’s already named it as a ‘top priority’ before Danilo’s injury with Abadallah Sima carrying the load up top with 13 goals in all competitions.
Clement said last week: “We will look to bring someone in, it will be one of the priorities. But it’s up to the other strikers to show they’re ready.
“We know that Kemar is just out of an injury also and has a history of consecutive injuries. We need to take that into account, it’s no use just to throw him on the pitch and then he’s out also.
“Kemar is not ready to play 90 minutes. I don’t want to put all the pressure on Abdallah to score goals, I expect it from other positions.
“I haven’t had a chance to play him as a central striker in training because we haven’t had enough wingers in training. It’s about the players showing they are ready to play for a club like Rangers with all the expectations that brings.”
Following his injury in Gorgie, Danilo took to Instagram to show a clip of the incident and update fans by writing: : “Out of necessity not able to do what I love the most for a period of time. I’ll support the team from a distance for the upcoming games.
“For now I need to focus to heal my knee and getting back as soon as possible. Thank you all for the concern, I will come back stronger.”