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title: "Rangers: Ryan Kent ruled out of Champions League qualifier"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "David Comerford"
section: "Rangers News"
published: "2022-08-02T10:05:41Z"
modified: "2022-08-02T10:05:41Z"
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# Rangers: Ryan Kent ruled out of Champions League qualifier

**Ryan Kent will miss the first leg of [Rangers](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/rangers-fc-transfer-rumours/)‘ Champions League qualifier tonight through injury, according to the club’s official media partners [Heart & Hand](https://twitter.com/ibroxrocks/status/1554124845943865349).**

### The lowdown

The Ibrox club are in Belgium to take on Jupiler Pro League side Union Saint-Gilloise in the third qualifying round of the competition.

In his pre-match press conference, Giovanni van Bronckhorst said that ‘[a couple](https://twitter.com/JordanC1107/status/1554026996992294912)‘ of unnamed players were considered doubts for the game.

It seems that Kent, who [came through the full 90 minutes](https://www.sofascore.com/livingston-rangers/bXsgX) in Rangers’ [Premiership](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/scottish-premiership-news/) opener against Livingston at the weekend, is one of those players.

### The latest

The club’s media partners Heart & Hand stated on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/ibroxrocks/status/1554124845943865349) that ‘Ryan Kent didn’t travel to Belgium’. They added that, while this match ‘comes too soon for him’, Rangers have indicated that ‘it’s not a serious injury’.

In better news for Van Bronckhorst, summer signings Ridvan Yilmaz and Ben Davies are ‘[in the squad](https://twitter.com/ibroxrocks/status/1554124845943865349)‘ for tonight’s clash.

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### The verdict

Even if it is a minor injury for Kent, this is definitely a blow to Rangers’ hopes of progression.

The 25-year-old is arguably the [leading creative force in the team](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/rangers-fc/leistungsdaten/verein/124/reldata/%262021/plus/1), having registered a whopping 20 assists in all competitions last season, three more than net-best creator James Tavernier.

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The ex-Liverpool forward is already off the mark in that department for 2022/23, having [teed up Scott Arfield’s equaliser](https://www.sofascore.com/livingston-rangers/bXsgX) against Livingston on Saturday. Indeed, his display at the Tony Macaroni Arena had Sky Sports and talkSPORT pundit Jamie O’Hara dubbing him a ‘[baller](https://twitter.com/Mrjamieohara1/status/1553357977104617473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1553357977104617473%7Ctwgr%5E9debe30449ec1ca367d83c6d1470727d81d368cb%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fd-13400355941075930169.ampproject.net%2F2207181727000%2Fframe.html)‘.

If the [£18,000-per-week](https://salarysport.com/football/player/ryan-kent/) winger is back for the second leg, perhaps he can swing the tie in Rangers’ favour if they don’t get the desired result tonight.