Zak Lovelace suffers fresh Rangers setback as luckless starlet's injury curse strikes again

Luckless Zak Lovelace has suffered a fresh Rangers injury setback.

The teenage striker, 18, has been plagued by injury issues since joining from Millwall in the summer of 2022. Lovelace was struck down by a serious hamstring injury away to St Mirren in his first-ever start for Gers back in October 2023 and has featured just once for the first-team since then.

The talented forward has been in and around Philippe Clement's squad but has been earning valuable game time for the B team. However, the youngster lasted just 35 minutes last night as he was forced off during the Glasgow Cup win over Clyde.

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Lovelace received lengthy medical treatment after going down and was eventually replaced by Archie Stevens, who scored to help fire Gers to a 3-1 victory. But Lovelace's latest injury will be a major concern for Gers.

Head coach Malky Thomson said on Rangers TV: "Obviously Zak Lovelace had started the game and Archie was a wee bit disappointed not to start. He's managed to get starting berths pretty regularly but Zak came in here so he had to come off the bench. He showed a great positive attitude coming off the bench. He came on and really tuned himself into the game and played well.

"Findlay scores again, he's just a player who enjoys playing football. You can see in some of his movements, how he gets on the ball and how attack-minded he is. He's regularly training with the first team and he's obviously picking up bits from them. Worth mentioning too that Paul Nsio had an excellent game as well."