Tav’s howling at moon boot
raNGers captain James Tavernier has been put in a moon boot in a bid to try to get him fit for Thursday’s europa League clash.
The Ibrox medical team are now treating the captain and midfielder ryan Jack with kid gloves to give them a fighting chance of making the first leg of the last-16 clash with Bayer Leverkusen at Ibrox.
Tavernier, 28, has been struggling with a foot injury since he limped off against hamilton last week. The right-back then made
LAWRENCE SHANKLAND hopes he has done enough to keep his place in the Scotland squad for the Euro 2020 play-offs.
The Dundee United striker won his first two caps in the qualifiers and netted on his full debut against San Marino.
But Celtic’s Leigh Griffiths, Hearts star Steven Naismith and Marc McNulty of Hibs are pushing for recalls after rediscovering fitness and form in recent weeks.
So Shankland, who has 29 goals to his name this season, is praying Steve Clarke sticks by him for the crunch Hampden clash with Israel.
He said: “I would love to be involved but so would every Scottish striker who is scoring goals.
“All I can do is keep playing well and hopefully the manager will give me the nod. The gaffer is in a good position with players getting goals.
“But I would love to be involved because it’s a Euro play-off and they don’t come around often.
“It’s going to be a massive event for the country. You won’t get a better opportunity to get to a major tournament.
“I still have a good number of goals since the last squad so that should help me.”