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title: "Rangers: Steven Gerrard drops injury update on Kemar Roofe"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "George McGibbon"
section: "Rangers News"
published: "2021-03-10T19:15:59Z"
modified: "2021-03-10T19:15:59Z"
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# Rangers: Steven Gerrard drops injury update on Kemar Roofe

**Speaking in his pre-match press conference, Glasgow Rangers manager Steven Gerrard provided an update on the fitness of Kemar Roofe ahead of Gers’ Europa League clash on Thursday.**

Since joining Rangers from RSC Anderlecht in what was a [£4.5 million deal](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/kemar-roofe/transfers/spieler/141350) last summer, Roofe has been in fine form over his 18 Scottish Premiership appearances, with the 28-year-old bagging [10 goals](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/101634/Show/Kemar-Roofe) and registering [two assists](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/101634/Show/Kemar-Roofe), as well as averaging a highly impressive [WhoScored match rating of 7.13](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/101634/Show/Kemar-Roofe) – ranking him as the club’s [joint seventh-best performer](https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/306/Show/Scotland-Rangers) in the Scottish top flight.

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After [missing Gers’ last four league fixtures](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/kemar-roofe/leistungsdaten/spieler/141350) due to suspension and, more recently, injury, the [£5.4 million-rated](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/kemar-roofe/marktwertverlauf/spieler/141350) striker was once again an injury concern for the club’s Round of 16 Europa League clash with Slavia Prague on Thursday.

However, speaking in his [pre-match press conference](https://twitter.com/RangersFC/status/1369576951900430336), Gerrard confirmed that Roofe would be available for the fixture, stating: “Roofe will train \[on Wednesday\] and will be available.”

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### Transfer Tavern Take

While Roofe has [missed three of Rangers’ Europa League fixtures](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/kemar-roofe/leistungsdaten/spieler/141350) so far this season, the centre-forward has impressed in the five European fixtures he has featured in, scoring [crucial goals](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/kemar-roofe/leistungsdaten/spieler/141350) against both Standard Liege and SL Benfica.

As such, his return for the first leg of the club’s tie with Slavia Prague on Thursday is likely to prove a huge boost for Gerrard, as well as fans of the club.

***In other news: some Rangers fans slammed this politician’s comments – find out more [here](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/rangers-fc-news/rangers-gers-ibrox-steven-gerrard-nicola-sturgeon-55-premiership/)!***