Rangers has not released a timeframe on John Souttar’s injury, which had him sitting on the sidelines during the team’s 2-1 Scottish Premiership victory over Hearts. The ailment is still affecting Souttar’s availability for the Scotland camp.
The defender’s only seven caps for the nation have been caused by injuries, and now John Souttar will not be adding to that total in the forthcoming European Championship qualifiers against Georgia (A) and Norway (H).
Steve Clarke has included teammates Ryan Jack and Robby McCrorie from Rangers in his squad, however John Souttar was left off of the Scotland call-up.
The Scotland National Team roster did not include John Souttar.
The scenario with John Souttar, who hasn’t been able to obtain a regular run in the team since moving to Ibrox, has Rangers supporters fuming.
In addition, both Rangers supporters and newly appointed manager Philippe Clement are growing weary of the team’s constant injury problems.
Over the past few seasons, Rangers have signed a number of football players that have a history of injuries, and it has severely harmed them.
John Souttar – who spent extensive time on the sidelines earlier in his career due to Achilles injuries – is perhaps one of the stand-out examples in a squad of crocked stars.
Kemar Roofe stands out as another example of a player who has been unable to get himself fit consistently, whilst fellow defender Filip Helander – now tearing it up with Sweden – spent the overwhelming bulk of his Rangers career on the sidelines.
John Souttar will have hopes of joining the Scotland National Team at the European Championships in Germany next summer but injury continues to hamstring what was an initially promising career.
