Dessers Injury 'not As Bad As Feared' - Martin

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Premier Sports Cup: Rangers v Alloa Athletic

Venue: Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Date: Saturday, 16 August Kick-off: 17:45 BST

Coverage: Listen connected BBC Radio Scotland Extra & Sounds, unrecorded matter commentary connected nan BBC Sport website & app

Cyriel Dessers' wounded is "not arsenic bad arsenic everyone feared" and nan Rangers guardant could return successful adjacent week's Champions League play-off pinch Club Brugge, Russell Martin says.

Martin's broadside mislaid 2-1 to Viktoria Plzen but won nan 3rd qualifying information necktie 4-2 connected aggregate, pinch Dessers going disconnected successful nan 2nd half successful nan Czech Republic.

The Nigeria forward, 30, will miss Saturday's Premier Sports Cup sojourn of Alloa Athletic but Thelo Aasgard and Mikey Moore could make their debuts and Hamza Igamane whitethorn return.

Rangers big Brugge successful Tuesday's first leg.

"Cyriel's is not arsenic bad arsenic everyone feared truthful tomorrow will beryllium excessively early but we're really hopeful he tin beryllium progressive connected Tuesday," said Martin.

"Everyone feared nan worst, nan measurement he went disconnected but it was a mini rumor but arsenic obscurity adjacent arsenic it could've been. Bit stiff and a spot sore still but everyone will activity really difficult to make judge he's fixed each chance to beryllium fresh for Tuesday."