Glasgow Rangers will look to continue their winning start to the Europa League group stages when they welcome Lech Poznan to Ibrox. Steven Gerrard's side cruised to a comfortable 2-0 win over Standard Liege last week, with Kemar Roofe scoring one of the best goals in the club's history.

However, the Light Blues suffered a blow as left-back Borna Barisic limped off the pitch, whilst he was left on the bench for the 2-0 win over Livingston, so it's unlikely he will be risked on Thursday night.

The Croatia international has arguably been one of the club's best players ever since he joined the Ibrox outfit back in 2018, having made 10 appearances in the Scottish Premiership this season, scoring one goal and supplying four assists so far, via Transfermarkt.

Whilst Barisic isn't exactly a player who we would consider to be injury prone, he has picked up his fair share of knocks so far, which has seen him ruled out for several games, and this has given Calvin Bassey the perfect opportunity to stake his claim in the starting line-up.

The Scotsman's David Oliver claims the 20-year-old "has been shining just fine whenever he’s stepped into the limelight and replaced his Croatian team-mate", whilst Gerrard heaped praise on his “outstanding” performance against Standard Liege last Thursday.

Gerrard told GlasgowLive: “I thought he was outstanding. For someone who has very little experience. To come into a game of that level and perform like he did. I’m really proud of his performance."

This season, Bassey has averaged 1.5 tackles per game in the Scottish Premiership so far, whilst Barisic himself is only managing 0.8 tackles per game in the Scottish top flight, via SofaScore.

Another member of the Rangers hierarchy believes that Bassey is a "refreshing change" from Barisic, with assistant manager Gary McAllister giving the Leicester City academy graduate a glowing review for his most recent performance against Livingston.

“It’s about players being competitive. It’s a competitive squad with two players for every position. And when you get an opportunity to grab the jersey that’s what you do - and Calvin Bassey has been really refreshing", McAllister told Rangers TV, via The Daily Record.

“We’re at home on Thursday and we need to have a strong performance but we just need to trust what we do. We’ve done all our due diligence on them already so we know what they’re about."

For a reported fee of £230,000, what an absolute bargain the youngster is turning out to be! If he can continue to impress like this, it may not be too long before he is ousting Barisic from the matchday squad.

AND in other news, Glasgow Rangers must return for Sheffield United ace John Lundstram...