Is Rangers star finished at Ibrox?

We’ve kept quiet mostly this
pre-season about Graham Dorrans, but while the press have admittedly fallen all
over themselves to lie about the nature of his departure from Rangers’ Malaga
training camp (he went home pre-planned to have a scan on his knee) we must
admit his injury concerns have been a big problem.

Dorrans has taken only light part
in the sessions at Andalusia, and his arrival at the Hummel Training Centre
before departure looked very different to everyone else’s, with less apparent
focus and commitment on hard training. In short, he seemed too casual and
relaxed.

We don’t know where this guy goes
from here – he’s been an incredibly disappointing signing, and simply hasn’t
shown anything like the form we thought he would – the lack of mourning from
Norwich fans about his departure was a huge red flag we chose to ignore (always
do when you sign a new player) but it is becoming more than justified, and his
injuries on top of his lack of form have made this a really bad situation.

Does he have a part to play under
Steven Gerrard? As things stand, no. He’s finished. Rangers are signing tonnes
of players right now and while things can change, the out of form and seemingly
endlessly injured Dorrans won’t have a part to play in it.

Unlike Jordan Rossiter and Ross
McCrorie who have been through injury hell themselves, Dorrans is not a
youngster with huge recovery capability – he’s in his 30s now and doesn’t seem
to be able to put together a run of games.

Don’t get us wrong – this is not
an attack on him – he is surely working his socks off to get fit and we know
how hard it is for injured players going through rehab. So it’s not like he’s
got his feet up and is sitting in the sun.

But for his injury troubles to
continue to be monitored really does not bode well for his future chances at
Ibrox and with the competition absolutely teeming in midfield, Graham Dorrans
may struggle significantly to play a part next season.