Another ridiculous injury blow for Rangers’ Kemar Roofe
Rangers' English striker Kemar Roofe reacts to a missed chance during the UEFA Europa League Quarter-final, second leg football match between Rangers and Sporting Braga at the Ibrox Stadium, in Glasgow, on April 14, 2022. (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN / AFP) (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images)
As Ibrox Noise reported to you some days ago, Kemar Roofe has been confirmed as not only missing preseason (he’s not in Portugal) but is a huge doubt for the opening month of the season as well.
The perennially-injured Jamaican, 29, has made the same number of appearances for Rangers as Filip Helander (around 70) albeit he has been in Govan for one less season, but it’s still considerably below what Rangers would want from him and the most league matches he’s managed has been 21.
Ever since he peaked with Leeds at 42 appearances in 2017, the London born attacker has found playing football hard to come by, and it’s fairly safe to say Rangers have not had the return on the circa £4M investment in the-then Anderlecht hitman.
And once again, he’s out.
Not in Portugal and now a huge doubt to appear before September, Roofe has not been a signing that’s worked out at all, and is in the same boat as Helander and the now-departed Leon Balogun of constant injuries.
Frustratingly, he’s one of the few who can fill in at RW, which remains a huge problem position for Rangers.
Well, not for now he can’t, sadly.